18-11-2018, 10:45 PM
So far I haven't been able to access Pizzagalli's work. In the literature, the "naked philosophers" and Diogenes the Cynic are often mentioned together because they are the same category of story, one which was liked by the cynics: a philosopher or sage outwits a king, thereby affirming superiority of philosophy to the laws of the land. It is thus understandable that the Cynics liked both tales, and indeed saw them as utterances of the same thought. "
It is also mentioned by the sources that there were women living among the Gymnosophists, and multiple women are featured in Medieval illustrations of the tale of the Ten.
There is of course also a link with the Alexander Romance, which we've seen before for Anchiton reasons.
On the other hand the tales are quite different and I just don't see how we'd get to ten naked Philosophers in Diogenes barrels. Unless there is some evidence for a merging of both myths this may be a dead end.
It is also mentioned by the sources that there were women living among the Gymnosophists, and multiple women are featured in Medieval illustrations of the tale of the Ten.
There is of course also a link with the Alexander Romance, which we've seen before for Anchiton reasons.
On the other hand the tales are quite different and I just don't see how we'd get to ten naked Philosophers in Diogenes barrels. Unless there is some evidence for a merging of both myths this may be a dead end.