A FRIEND explained to me why he doesnt want to become president. Because of the Dog, he said. He admitted that this was a calculated reply, for what he really wanted to say was that he had read about Diogenes, from Sinope, who was born in a town on the shores of the Black Sea around 412BC.

Diogenes is a legend unto himself. Aristotle called him the Dog, or Kyon in Greek. This weird philosopher, almost 30 years older than Aristotle, didnt mind. His