The Diogenes Sessions: Cynic Philosophy and Psychoanalysis for Modern Life

What if the life you are protecting is mostly a performance?

The Diogenes Sessions is a practical English-language collection that brings ancient Cynic philosophy into conversation with psychoanalytic insight. Led by philosopher and psychoanalyst Deivede Eder Ferreira, it helps you question the masks you perform, the desires you borrow, and the social expectations that quietly organize your choices.

Your purchase includes the complete twelve-volume book collection. Each volume combines contemporary scenes, Cynic philosophy, psychoanalytic questions, guided reflection pages, and its own Seven-Day Diogenes Experiment—twelve distinct weeks of practical inquiry for everyday life.

The collection explores:

• Social masks and the fear of being seen

• Borrowed desire, approval, obedience, and status

• Consumption, shame, speech, and the body

• Work, burnout, love, jealousy, and belonging

• Life beyond the imagined audience

You will also receive a complete 60-minute foundational class and seven focused video lessons that introduce the method and help you put the collection into practice.

This experience is for thoughtful readers who want more than inspirational ideas. It offers a disciplined way to observe automatic patterns, question inherited values, and make more deliberate choices—without turning philosophy into another performance. No previous knowledge of philosophy or psychoanalysis is required.

Created and presented by Deivede Eder Ferreira, Philosopher and Psychoanalyst.

Published by ABRAFP International Press.

If you want philosophy you can practice—not merely admire—begin your first Diogenes Session today.

Educational content only. This course does not replace psychotherapy, medical assessment, diagnosis, or treatment.