Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412BC - 323BC)
(stolen almost wholesale from
Wikipedia)
Many anecdotes of Diogenes refer to his doglike behavior, and his praise of a dog's virtues. It is not known whether Diogenes was insulted with the epithet "doggish" and made a virtue of it, or whether he first took up the dog theme himself. The modern terms cynic and
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