Diogenes of Sinope
~412–323 BCE
“Lived in a barrel. Called himself a citizen of the cosmos. Rejected convention to live according to nature.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- SSSovereign Self10 / 10
- POPractical Orientation9 / 10
- SRSkeptical Reflex8 / 10
- ATAscetic Tendency8 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- AntisthenesHAMMER
Virtue alone suffices for happiness — Cynic forerunner, friend of Socrates.
- Emma GoldmanPILGRIM
Anarchism and Other Essays — liberty answerable only to itself.
- Max StirnerHAMMER
The Ego and Its Own — every cause besides mine is the spook of mine.
- Mikhail BakuninHAMMER
Anarchist passion — destroy the state, recover the spontaneous commune.
- Paul FeyerabendPILGRIM
Against Method — anything goes; epistemological anarchism.
- CamusPILGRIM
The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. We must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Diogenes of Sinope's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Diogenes of Sinope or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREDiogenes of Sinope vs AntisthenesOn Mull's map Antisthenes sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶