earthling<p>The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic by Jean-Manuel Roubineau, 2023</p><p>An engaging look at the founder of one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece. The ancient philosopher Diogenes--nicknamed "The Dog" and decried by Plato as a "Socrates gone mad"--was widely praised and idealized as much as he was mocked and vilified. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophers</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Diogenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diogenes</span></a></p>