What is left for a philosopher to do, when a society is preparing for war?
When Philip threatened to lay siege to the city of Corinth and all its inhabitants hastily bestirred themselves in defense, some polishing weapons, some gathering stones, some repairing the walls, Diogenes seeing all this hurriedly folded his mantle about him and began to roll his tub zealously back and forth through the streets.
When he was asked why he did this he replied that he wished to be busy like all the rest, and rolled his tub lest he should be the only idler among so many industrious citizens.
-- Kierkegaard
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Having conquered the world, Alexander The Great, an admirer of Diogenes The Cynic,
asks the latter to name a gift with which the emperor might honor the philosopher.
Diogenes replies, "Get out of my sun."
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