Exile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher
Exile is the received start of the wandering teacher. Diogenes of Sinope’s documented role is: He is received as exiled. In the causal graph this event strengthens Forced-Displacement Scale, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.
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Exile is the received start of the wandering teacher. Diogenes of Sinope’s documented role is: He is received as exiled. He did not write the exile decree. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Diogenes of Sinope's documented role is: He is received as exiled. He did not write the exile decree.
Context
Black Sea Greek city. Later Athens and Corinth. Named others on the file: Sinope offices as later named. The public setting is the file around -0355-01-01. The instrument stays Exile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher. The setting of Exile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher is the public file around -0355-01-01. Driver forced-displacement-scale is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Why it matters
Displacement. Welfare reading worsening. The attached mechanism is Exile is a displacement path. Medium confidence on legal form. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Exile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher are separate paths.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Diogenes of Sinope
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
He is received as exiled. He did not write the exile decree.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactExile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher
- strengthensDriverForced-Displacement Scale
- strengthensIndicators (2)People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 January 355 · verified
Exile is a displacement path. Medium confidence on legal form.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.8)
Observed
69M people (stock, end-of-year) · 28M above the normal line (2025)
Worse than normal3 readings, 2023–2025: rose from 68M people (stock, end-of-year) to 69M people (stock, end-of-year).
Above normal = worse
- Worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.46)
Observed
10.4% · 10.2 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 11.1% to 10.4%.
Above normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of SinopeInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — DiogenesEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Independent lives treat exile as the hinge of the vita. Official: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of Sinope (https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent: Britannica — Diogenes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of Sinope (https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Britannica — Diogenes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Vita, not a decree papyrus. Established: a sourced public record of Exile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher under -0355-01-01.
Shared responsibility is part of Exile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher. Naming Diogenes of Sinope does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0355-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorDiogenes of Sinope
- contributed toFactExile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher
- strengthensDriverForced-Displacement Scale
- strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
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Factrail. (2026). Exile from Sinope is the received political weather that makes the Cynic a displaced teacher. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dio-exile
https://factrail.ai/facts/dio-exile
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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