[ILUG] Re: Diogenes

[Ferren MacIntyre]

Asked Niall O Broin:

>> The love of money is the root of all evil.  Diogenes
>
>Was this originally from Diogenes ? I know that it's the root of the often
>misquoted "Money is the root of all evil" but I always thought it came from
>the Bible - Timothy, I think, but I'm no Bible scholar. Of course there was
>a terrible amount of plagiarism in those days :-)

Diogenes the Cynic said it about 250 years before Paul quoted him to
Timothy, so it has been part of human wisdom for a long time.  Few people
seem to believe it, including the spiritual heirs of St Paul.

I think he really said, 'The love of money is the *mother* of all evil'.

As an academic from an academic family,  I haven't met too many people who
had a lot of money, but they haven't impressed me, and I've known a lot of
good competent people who don't much worry about money, but always seem to
have just enough for the important stuff.  Me, I keep books to 1 or fewer
significant figures, if I bother at all.

Cheers,

--Ferren



The love of money is the root of all evil.  Diogenes
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