It was in Corinth that a meeting between Alexander the Great and Diogenes is supposed to have taken place.
These stories may be apocryphal.
The accounts of Plutarch and Diogenes Laërtius recount that they exchanged only a few words: while Diogenes was relaxing in the morning sunlight, Alexander, thrilled to meet the famous philosopher, asked if there was any favour he might do for him.
Diogenes replied, "Yes, stand out of my sunlight."
Alexander then declared, "If I were not Alexander, then I should wish to be Diogenes." "
If I were not Diogenes, I would still wish to be Diogenes," Diogenes replied.
In another account of the conversation, Alexander found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones.
Diogenes explained, "I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave."
It was in Corinth that a meeting between Alexander the Great and Diogenes is supposed to have taken place. These stories may be apocryphal. The accounts of Plutarch and Diogenes Laërtius recount that they exchanged only a few words: while Diogenes was relaxing in the morning sunlight, Alexander, thrilled to meet the famous philosopher, asked if there was any favour he might do for him. Diogenes replied, "Yes, stand out of my sunlight." Alexander then declared, "If I were not Alexander, then I should wish to be Diogenes." "If I were not Diogenes, I would still wish to be Diogenes," Diogenes replied. In another account of the conversation, Alexander found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, "I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave."
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