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Diogenes: Aristotle And Alexander The Great

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Throughout his career as a philosopher and Cynic, Diogenes cultivated a following that included the likes of Aristotle, and Alexander the Great. Diogenes was an important member of the Cynics, a group of people of people who rejected conventional life, the word Cynic comes from he Greek word for

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