FTP, identify this philosopher said to have used a lamp in broad daylight to search for an honest man, a man considered to be the founder of Cynicism.
Early events in this philosopher's life include his father Icesias involving him in the debasing of the metal in his hometown, for which he was banished, and his subsequent abandonment by his slave Manes. Late in life he was kidnapped by pirates and sold to the nobleman Xeniades.  Famous anecdotes involving him include his plucking of a fowl to demonstrate Plato's claim of man being a "featherless biped" and his famous anachronistic meeting with Alexander the Great, described by Plutarch.  FTP, identify this philosopher said to have used a lamp in broad daylight to search for an honest man, a man considered to be the founder of Cynicism.
Early events in this philosopher's life include his father Icesias involving him in the debasing of the metal in his hometown, for which he was banished, and his subsequent abandonment by his slave Manes.
Diogenes of Sinope