1.Alexander the Great Meets Diogenes the Cynic.pdf

Once Alexander whipped the rebellious Greek city states back into line he stopped in Corinth to meet Diogenes, expecting that the Cynic would seek him out, he being Alexander after all. But Diogenes didn’t show so Alexander made a point of looking him up. He found Diogenes, naked, sun tanning, and Diogenes asked him to move over, he was blocking the sun. This impertinence impressed the Conqueror and he exclaimed, “Were I not Alexander, I would be Diogenes!”

2.Diogenes ’syndrome and intellectual disability An uncommon association or under diagnosed .pdf

Diogenes ’ syndrome, a term fi rst suggested by Clarke et al. [1], is characterised by marked self-neglect, domestic squalor, social withdrawal, apathy, lack of shame and hoarding of rubbish (syllogomania) [2]. This syndrome has been reported in association with several other psychiatric conditions including dementia, obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD), psychosis, affective disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse, autism and frontal lobe impairment. These authors were able to fi nd only one other instance of a reported association with intellectual disability [3].