s0212l-DIOGENES of Sinope born 412-323 BC in Sinop, Turkey, writer
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Called the 'Cynic' Greek philosopher, he made a virtue of extreme poverty, he thought he could function as Dr. to men's souls while having comtempt for their decadence, he said; human beings live artificially and hypocritically and should study the dog. It performs natural bodily functions in public with no unease, a dog will eat anything, and make no fuss about where to sleep. Dogs live in the present without anxiety, and have no use for the pretensions of abstract philosophy. In addition to these virtues, dogs are thought to know instinctively who is friend and who is foe. Unlike human beings who are either duping others or being duped, dogs will give an honest bark at the truth, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope