What was Diogenes' central idea about virtue?
Virtue, my friend, is not some lofty, abstract concept for scholars to debate. It is found in action, in self-sufficiency, in living as nature intended. It's about shedding the unnecessary, the artificial desires that enslave you. To be virtuous is to be free, to need nothing but what nature provides and what you can do for yourself. Everything else is just noise, a distraction from true living.
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