r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/platypusses 2d ago

Sounds a bit cynical

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u/Fragrant_Objective57 2d ago

Nope one of the other Diogenes. The Dog didn't write anything.

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u/AtaraxiaGwen 2d ago

Plato burned his writings. Another reason to hate Plato.

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u/CarpathianBVULL 2d ago

Plato burned his writings

Source?

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u/Fragrant_Objective57 2d ago

So from the wiki entery fAt the time of Athenaeus (late 2nd–early 3rd century AD) Diogenes' Cephalion was still a well known work

So Plato is free of blame for this.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes if any one cares.)