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Nov 2021
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Diógenes, el filósofo que vivió como un ...

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Llegado a Atenas como un desterrado, Diógenes se adhirió a la secta filosófica de los cínicos, una escuela fundada por un discípulo de Sócrates. Sin embargo, una vez instalado en la gran polis griega, ridiculizó las ideas de Platón y se rebeló contra todos los valores de una sociedad que consideraba corrupta. 
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