Metrocles studied in Aristotle's Lyceum under Theophrastus, and eventually became a follower of Crates of Thebes, who married Metrocles' sister Hipparchia.
10 Facts About Metrocles
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Metrocles had apparently farted while practicing a speech, and became so upset that he shut himself up in his home, attempting to commit suicide by starving himself.
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When Crates himself farted to demonstrate how natural it was, Metrocles was persuaded to let go of his shame.
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Plutarch represents Metrocles as sleeping in the winter amongst sheep, and in the summer in the porches of temples.
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Metrocles apparently knew the Megarian philosopher Stilpo and disputed with him, and Stilpo wrote a dialogue called Metrocles.
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Metrocles died at a great age, and is said to have deliberately suffocated himself.
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Metrocles was a man of great ability, and wrote several works, but little of his thought survives.
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Metrocles objected to wealth unless it was put to good use; and he divided things into those that can be bought with money, and those that take time and care, like education.
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An anecdote written by Metrocles concerning Diogenes is preserved by Laertius:.
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On one occasion Diogenes went with his head half-shaved into an entertainment of young men, as Metrocles tells us in his Chreiai, and so was beaten by them.