Lighten up, not every thing is all that important. Sometimes we just have to accept that people will disagree with each other. It would be much easier if Diogenes would have been searching for someone who disagreed with him.

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Why Diogenes died without finding an Honest Man

A scholary discussion of the man

   Regardless if you believe that Diogenes actually walked around with a lantern looking for an honest man or not, it has become the measuring point used for those of us who occasionally dip into the Cliché end of the pool.

   I myself have been on a search for honest facts and I have access to an almost limitless pool of research, clichés, fake news, tables, facts, fiction, opinions and empirical data.  It finally occurred to me that the flaw of Diogenes was not that he could not find an honest man but that he could not find someone who agreed with him 100% of the time.

   Having not found that kindred soul he passed away in 323 BC (aged about 89). It is fitting that we think we know the year he passed but not exactly the age.  It is also fitting that there are conflicting stories about how and why he passed.

"There are conflicting accounts of Diogenes' death. He is alleged variously to have held his breath; to have become ill from eating raw octopus; or to have suffered an infected dog bite. When asked how he wished to be buried, he left instructions to be thrown outside the city wall so wild animals could feast on his body. When asked if he minded this, he said, "Not at all, as long as you provide me with a stick to chase the creatures away!" When asked how he could use the stick since he would lack awareness, he replied "If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?"[At the end, Diogenes made fun of people's excessive concern with the "proper" treatment of the dead. The Corinthians erected to his memory a pillar on which rested a dog of Parian marble."  --- Who was Diogenes - WIKI

   For the past few years, I been searching for the truth using my ever present Remote and Keyboard and having not found it, I give up the search.  I doubt that my eventual termination will be due to octopus or dogs, but I will share eternity along with Diogenes in the knowledge (see quote above) that we both will not care about our lack of awareness.

   This is not my first effort to channel Diogenes.------ Searching for the truth in Braselton, Ga

   They say that old men tend to repeat themselves, but it is not true, they are just trying to make a point and want to be sure you heard them the first time.