Diogence Diogence was the founder of the creed "Cynicism". To refer to the word "Cynicism", i want to mention its origin first. The reason why it is so named is because of the indifference of their way of life. They live like dogs, eat and make love in public, go barefoot, and sleep in tubs at crossroads. They are as shameless as dogs and make a cult of shamelessness, not as being beneath modesty, but as superior to it. They are good guard, and they guard the tenets of their philosophy. Also, they completely distinguish between their friends and enemies, recognizing as friends those who are suited to their philosophy and receiving them kindly while driving those who unfitted away like dogs. Cynicism is one of the most striking of all the Hellenistic Philosophies. The fundamental principles are that they think the goal of life is happiness which is to live in agreement with nature. Happiness is a master of mental attitude. It depends on being self-sufficient which is achieved by living a life of Arete. The road to Arete is to free oneself away from the influence of wealth, fame, or power, which have no value in nature. Suffering is caused by false judgement of value which led to negative emotions and a vicious character. For my part, i do appreciate Diogence's tenets of philosophy. He pursues the natural state of life, cares no about position, fame and wealth, keeps aloof from civil......But i can't accept their behavior. The doggish action is not the expressional way of spiritual achievement. To show your unique ideal, you needn't to be like that. It's totally unnecessary. What makes we human beings distinguished from other creature? Why we are so-called advanced animal? That's because we can control our behavior, we have the sense of shame, we know what should and should not do in public, we are taught etiquette since we were born......All these make we complete man, profound man, true man. If we do like animal, the evolution of human dose not make any sense and it seems the whole society is going backwards.