First & Only Übermensch

Diogenes of Sinope was an iconoclast, contrarian, shit-stirrer, square peg, misfit, early Cynic philosopher, and perhaps a bit of a nut. He certainly the sort of Free Spirit still celebrated in the West where Hellenistic ideas changed the way people think and talk about things and what they value and thus essentially how they live, especially since the Renaissance, and which continues to this day.
Notes:
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**Cynicism has changed in meaning from the days of Diogenes to the Modern Era.
*** Übermensch means "super-man" in German and refers to a superlative man concept conceived by Nietzsche.

Quote of the Day - Stephen Hawking

In 2011 at Google's Zeitgeist Conference, physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking declared:

“Most of us don't worry about these questions most of the time. But almost all of us must sometimes wonder: Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.” 

In speaking thus, Stephen Hawking transformed himself into a philosopher.