TEHRAN – “Diogenes the Dog-Man” by Yan Marchand has been published in Persian by Cheshmeh.

Translated by Shirin Karimi, the young adult book carries the original illustrations by Vincent Sorel.

At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! 
           
In “Diogenes the Dog-Man”, the philosopher Diogenes not only admires the honesty of dogs, but he has also actually become one—sleeping, eating and lifting his leg to pee wherever he chooses! 

Best of all, unlike humans, who dupe one another as to their true feelings, Diogenes the Dog-Man is free to bark his displeasure and even bite his adversaries in the calves—even if they happen to be Alexander the Great. 

Initially, the citizens gathered in the Agora think Diogenes is mad. Does he have rabies? But it soon becomes clear that we can all learn a thing or two from dogs about how to live a simple life.

Photo: Front cover of the Persian edition of Yan Marchand’s book “Diogenes the Dog-Man”.

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