When his friends asked Diogenes the Cynic what he wanted done with his body after he died, he told them that they should throw it over the wall to be eaten by .\rbr\rbrWhen his friends asked Diogenes the Cynic what he wanted done with his body after he died, he told them that they should throw it over the wall to be eaten by .\rbr\rbrWhat good is a dead body? What kind of “work” do dead bodies do? How have humans cared for dead bodies through the ages and why do we do it? What do .\rbr\rbrDuring the late 5th century BCE, one of the most bizarre men to have ever lived was born in the Greek-colonized city of Sinope, located on the coast of the Black .