Diogenes. John William Waterhouse (1882). Diogenes of Sinope: the philosopher who "drove the madman!" 👀📜 Diogenes is considered one of the first men (preceded by Socrates with his famous phrase "I am neither an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.") to affirm, "I am a creature of the world (cosmos), and not of a particular state or city (polis)", thus manifesting a cosmopolitanism relatively rare in his time. Equally famous is its story with Alexander the Great. The (probably) greatest story and proof of admiration for Diogenes on the part of Alexander (on my part too! hehe👏😅), the Great, is that it is said that one day, Alexander asked Diogenes what he was doing among the bones, Diogenes responded with the phrase: "I am looking for the bones of your father, but I cannot differentiate them from the bones of your servants". This answer greatly impressed Alexander, who, on his return, hearing his officers mocking Diogenes, said: "If I were not Alexander, I would wish to be Diogenes."💡