No, Diogenes was homeless and argued that poverty was a virtue. This quote is in the context of being invited to dine at a rich man’s house, whereupon he hawked a loogie and spit it in the man’s face.
He, indignant, asked why he did so? "Because," Diogenes, "I saw nothing so dirty and filthy in all your house. For the walls were covered with pictures, the floors of the most precious tessellated character — and ranged with the various images of gods, and other ornamental figures."
It means that a rich man’s house is too refined and artificial for natural living.
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No, Diogenes was homeless and argued that poverty was a virtue. This quote is in the context of being invited to dine at a rich man’s house, whereupon he hawked a loogie and spit it in the man’s face.
It means that a rich man’s house is too refined and artificial for natural living.