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Lamp in daylight. Still looking for a real human.

Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6

The source

"Lamp in daylight. Still looking for a real human." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.

"Having lighted a candle in the daytime, he said: I am looking for a man"

C. D. Yonge, 1853, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Anecdote reported by Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD).

Who said it

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). The Cynic who lived in a jar in Athens and told Alexander the Great to get out of his sun.

Questions

Who said "Lamp in daylight. Still looking for a real human."?
Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6.
What is the original wording?
Having lighted a candle in the daytime, he said: I am looking for a man (C. D. Yonge, 1853). Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.

Filed under Character.

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