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Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who was known for living in a ceramic jar, disrupting Plato’s lessons by eating loudly, urinating on people who insulted him, and pointing his middle finger at random people. He was also noted for having mocked Alexander the Great, both in public and to his face when he visited Corinth in 336 BC.
Would it make sense to add a community rule to include a description in the post of why the submitter thought the image was interesting enough to post? I like your comment here, it gives enough context to explore more about the art and artist.
As per rule 7, any additional context you want to convey about the art you’re posting can be done in the body of the post or in the comments. What you’re asking for is already allowed and encouraged.
On the other hand If you’re asking to make it mandatory that every artwork posted here is accompanied by a description, i think that would make things more complicated than they need to be.
Didn’t the guy also masturbate publically? And he didn’t disrupt Plato’s lesson just by eating loudly. He pretty much hated Plato and even brought in a plucked chicken after Plato described man as a hairless or featherless biped, saying something like “Behold, a man” while dangling the chicken in front of Plato. Plato the amended his description of man to include flat feet.
Quite the character, one i’d like to observe from a distance.
His contemporaries alleged he had held his breath until he expired; although other accounts of his death say he had become ill from eating raw octopus;[44] or to have suffered an infected dog bite.[45] When asked how he wished to be buried, he left instructions to be thrown outside the city wall so wild animals could feast on his body. When asked if he minded this, he said, “Not at all, as long as you provide me with a stick to chase the creatures away!” When asked how he could use the stick since he would lack awareness, he replied: “If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?”[46] To the end, Diogenes made fun of people’s excessive concern with the “proper” treatment of the dead.
I currently use the rare Pepe variant as my desktop background. Beautiful painting tho.
