Diogenes the Cynic, a forerunner of the Stoics, exemplified the notion that reason runs contrary to popular opinion in both his ideas and his lifestyle as a vagrant.His ascetic ways disgusted ordinary people, but he was equally disgusted with their conventions. Diogenes, by Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1873. (Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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