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TIL that despite Diogenes' notoriety for philosophical stunts, including his exchanges with Plato and Alexander the great, the philosopher has no surviving written works. Considered to be one of the founders of cynicism, Diogenes is said to have written 10 books, 7 tragedies and a volume of letters.

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