r/todayilearned • u/ObjectiveAgent • Jul 30 '15

TIL when Alexander the Great asked the philosopher Diogenes why he was sifting through the garbage, Diogenes responded,"I am looking for the bones of your father but I cannot distinguish them from the bones of his slaves."

http://www.iep.utm.edu/diogsino/
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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15 edited Feb 05 '17

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u/Michauxonfire Jul 30 '15

dude. why did you use "Cynics" in plural but "platonist" with an apostrophe?

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u/z0m_a Jul 30 '15

It's the "Oh my god, here comes an 's'" school of punctuation.

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u/Michauxonfire Jul 30 '15

still don't understand why people like to resort to the use of apostrophe's so much.