Diogenes c.400-325 B.C., son of Hicesias of Sinope, founder of the Cynic sect, propounded a philosophy which taught that by being satisfied with basic, natural, needs, happiness could be achieved. He lived, according to his ideals of self-sufficient ascetism, in a barrel, and drank from his hand. He held that no act in the pursuit of this ideal could be considered dishonourable even if publicly performed. His disdain for material goods and fame, expressed with caustic wit, became legendary.