![]() ![]() He lived his convictions out in the open and went to great lengths to shock people out of their habitual stupor, using a form of philosophy that was almost slapstick.” Diogenes famously lived doing nothing, refusing to accept the values of others. Noting Plato’s characterization of Diogenes as “Socrates gone mad,” Odell astutely observes that whereas Socrates “famously favored conversation, Diogenes practiced something closer to performance art. Diogenes is famous for, among other things, living in a tub (or barrel) that he’d roll around Athens and walking around with a lantern, saying he was looking for an honest person. Her portrait of Diogenes is instructive in an unexpected way for understanding the art of doing nothing. Philosophy, which was about living simply, naturally and without shame, all while rejecting the artificial trappings of society. In one of the book’s most persuasive sections, Odellĭiscusses the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who is more commonly known through anecdotes about his way of life rather than his ![]()
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