He was exiled after being accused along with his father of "defacing the currency," which he saw as a metaphor for the evil of custom.
Menippus and Eubulus each wrote books entitled "The Sale of" this man, which tell how after he was captured and put up for sale, he was asked what he could do, to which he replied, "Govern men." He was then purchased by Xeniades. After Plato defined man as a bipedal, featherless animal, this philosopher brought in a plucked chicken and said, "Here is Plato's man." This caused Plato to add the criterion, "having broad nails." He was exiled after being accused along with his father of "defacing the currency," which he saw as a metaphor for the evil of custom. When asked where he was (*) from, this philosopher replied, "I am a citizen of the world," and is thus credited with the first use of the word "cosmopolitan." This teacher of Crates reportedly lived on onions and water and lived in a clay tub, and legend has it that he wandered the streets with a lantern in broad daylight, in search of an honest man. His teacher, Antisthenes, founded a school whose name means "dog-like." For 10 points, name this Greek philosopher, nicknamed "the Cynic."
Menippus and Eubulus each wrote books entitled "The Sale of" this man, which tell how after he was captured and put up for sale, he was asked what he could do, to which he replied, "Govern men."
Diogenes of Sinope