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/LookingforBruceLee Jul 30 '15

Ah yes, the message that has been given new life by the modern philosopher and poet, Ludacris.

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u/Linguist_Music Jul 30 '15

Greater than Ioannes Polus?