[FRIAM] Diogenes, the Cynic ...

[Nicholas Thompson]

... wandered the streets of Athens with a lantern, in broad daylight,
looking for an honest man. This act was supposed to ironically demonstrate
the dishonest of Athenians.   To me, it seems more to demonstrate the
vanity of "enlighted" search. In other words, Diogenes was mocking
philosophers, not Athenians.

Can anybody help me with this metaphor, or is my inquiry just an example of
itself.

Nick

-- 
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology
Clark University
nthompson at clarku.edu
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson
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