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Plato once described the philosopher Diogenes (born late 5th century BC323BC) as ‘Socrates gone mad’.
That was quite a claim, since Socrates was already pretty eccentric. He had little time for sex and whenever he had an interesting thought, he would stand stock-still for hours, until he had worked out the implications.
According to Diogenes, though, Socrates was a lightweight. He criticised him for occasionally wearing sandals instead of going barefoot, and for spending
