Beschrijving
The Cynic Wants Sunlight. The king asks the cynic (Diogenes) what he can do for him. The philosopher asks him to move his shadow and get out of his light. He says, “Don’t take away from me what you can’t give me.” [J1442.1].
Motief
J1442.1
Commentaar
Classical origin: Cicero (106ff.B.C.), Tusculanae disputationes (V,92). In the Middle Ages documented e.g. by Petrus Alfonsus, Disciplina clericalis (No. 28).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1871C
Subgenre
mop