Some anecdotes about Diogenes (which may or may not be true, of course, but they quite fit the character): Aristotle famously described man as a "featherless b

Some anecdotes about Diogenes (which may or may not be true, of course, but they quite fit the character): Aristotle famously described man as a "featherless biped". Diogenes carried a plucked chicken around, calling it "a man, according to philosophers". Alexander, at the time the most powerful man in the world, went to visit Diogenes and asked him what he wanted, drawing a shadow while he stood before him. Diogenes responded: "get out of my sunlight". When asked about his thoughts on masturbation (an art he sometimes practiced in public), Diogenes responded: how happy would we be if the gods allowed us to get rid of hunger by rubbing our stomach!