# Diogenes the Stoic — Tusculan Disputations character guide

> Diogenes the Stoic in Tusculan Disputations by Cicero.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Diogenes, Diogenes the Stoic

**First appearance:** 0001-tusculan-disputations

## Who they are

Stoic philosopher from Babylon; teacher of Panaetius and cited on ethics.

## Relationships

### [Alexander the Great](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tusculan_disputations_se/characters/alexander_the_great)

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Alexander the Great famously encountered Diogenes the Cynic (often conflated with Diogenes the Stoic in later tradition), with Diogenes famously telling Alexander to stop blocking his sunlight.

### [Socrates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tusculan_disputations_se/characters/socrates)

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Diogenes the Stoic (often confused with Diogenes the Cynic) is frequently compared to Socrates as a model of philosophical virtue and asceticism.

### [Alexander the Great](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tusculan_disputations_se/characters/alexander_the_great)

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Alexander the Great famously encountered Diogenes the Cynic (often conflated with Diogenes the Stoic in later tradition), with Diogenes famously telling Alexander to stop blocking his sunlight.

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