The Philosophy of Cynicism | 3 Important Life Lessons from Diogenes the Cynic

The Philosophy of Cynicism is probably the most fascinating in history. It was popularized by Diogenes, the cynic philosopher who took it to its logical extremes by living in a large ceramic jar in a market place, rejecting all the conventional desires that the society today are working so hard for, such as wealth, reputation, possessions, and fame. For them, the purpose of life is to live in agreement with nature, that the basic necessities in life are all we need to live and be happy. Cynicism and Diogenes don't have a written doctrine, but rather, they reveal it through actions.
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1) Stop caring about what others think of you 2) Don’t take life too seriously, live it with humour/Laugh 3) Happiness is always there, we’re just looking at the wrong side

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I hate to be a cynic but this video hardly mentions Diogenes and trails off on a self-help tangent that is completely anti-thethical to everything the Cynics stood for.

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He was a very wise man :D

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"We live in a society" -Diogenes

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But we shouldn't

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Having a family full of narcissist who are two faced are good promoters of Cynicism. Irony is they don't even realize it because their blind to actions, but open to others opinion.

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Diogenes cared about what people thought of him. He wouldn’t be living in the streets if he did. He lived in the streets to manipulate people’s opinion of him. People seeing him live in the streets was the main reason for him living in the streets.

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Everyone acts out their own ideals to some degree. Take it how you may, he was being congruent to his word.

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No wonder why i like this philosophy, because its so similar to my favorite tao and stoic.

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I’d say that Cynicism is to Stoicism what Taoism is to Confucianism.

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This aligns entirely with what I've always felt to be true. Thanks for putting it simply for us average folk. How did Diogenes start thinking this way? Was there a book that started him on this path?

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I don't think that information is anything we could ever find as it seems that he didn't keep a record of himself, we are lucky enough to hear about him from others observing him (I think). We're very lucky to be able to find minds that give us clarity of truth. Good luck I search brother. (Or sister)

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Here is to you: I don't have a job, I quit my education in university, I live on welfare and feel great. Does it annoy you? Good. I don't care.

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[@panagisvovos]

Usual misconception: the name of the group of philosophers called "cynic" comes from the word Kynosarges, which has been a nameplace in ancient Athens. Besides the school where the philosophers met, it had a gym that was the only one that could accept non-Athenians. Their initial name was "Antisthenic" from their founder Antisthenis.

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[@TerraMillsHydro]

I have a question. If you are Christian and paying for health insurance. Do you also pay to go to the back of the ride line at Disney World?

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How did hard work come into this video on cynicism

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The mentor i never met

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Side note: do you have any thoughts on Buddhist philosophy?

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[@MESENJAH]

I guess I'm like this man, I could care less what others think about me, other people's opinions of me mean nothing to me, anytime you are concerned with what others think of you, you are letting others define whom you are, a very ignorant concept to live by. " It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly SICK SOCIETY. " Jidu Krishna Murti.

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"Of course you need to set goals and have plans" What was that?

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Diogenes The 🐕 was da 💣💥!

[@Adam-ui3ot]

I carried on breathing.

[@themacocko6311]

Pretty sure you can't take your life by holding your breath. You pass out and involuntary breathing will continue.

[@perlefisker]

I find it somewhat cute, how so many of these philosophy (and psychology) KZbinrs are in reality talking to themselves, convincing themselves. It's interesting how so many of them quote Marcus Aurelius, himself a perfect example of a fraud. Always worried - and not Stoic at all - he wrote to himself, the meditations - copy-pasted of real Stoics - the KZbinr of his days.

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If cynic is to dogs, then what are cats?

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stoics i guess.

[@lackinglogic1981]

It's wrong to call him dog when he lives naturally with nature as a human...the only real human in his eyes at the time was the one who could really live as nature intended. We consider him a dog because we as a collective think we are above nature even tho we all come from the same planet.

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

A Lao Tzu quote on a video of cynics, what madness is this?

[@1993whitenoise]

So I’m a cynic that loves material great I’m corrupt.

[@MESENJAH]

The minute you fall out of love with material things, you will then start to truly live, until then the life you live will be nothing more than a lie.

[@TerraMillsHydro]

Everyone has advice on how to live life. I stick with the guys who are still being talked about 2000 years after their deaths.

[@Viroh]

bad trap in this video: op is assuming Diogenes was happy, lol, source?

[@randybackgammon890]

Why should I follow this....I,m a cynic after all

[@wolfskrieger6779]

It gets hypocritical by the minute

[@yeshuaneitheristheresalvat8018]

His actions were immoral. And he was seeking virtue. He knew not the 1st thing of virtue. He was less then an animal. There are other true cynics that lived virtious

[@cannibalgrape9863]

The end result of all actions is the heat death of the universe, so stop worrying so much.

[@alexminsky1]

Sorry, as a cynic I should point out the subtle underlying agenda of this video which seems to be marrying cynicism and good ‘ol capitalism and personal development. It manifests itself in the second point. These are inherently contradictory.

[@Dgnz-du2nv]

You tell him my dude..

[@jupiterchild3848]

Exactly!

[@al-esayi]

🖕 are you telling me what to do?!

[@psychronic8327]

Everyone be talking about philosophy. Yet you guys missed the biggest detail. Diogenes grew up and lived in a different era with different social norms. What worked then won't work now unless you are okay with being beat up and jailed for loitering amongst other things

[@barb2793]

Truth

[@kingbrad4863]

Philosophy is a mindset. It can work until the end of time. Some people are at different levels of their journey and advice is not applicable to everyone. Nobody is going to see it exactly the same