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Cynics.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ancient Philosophies SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317492863
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: CynicsDDC classification:
  • 183/.4
LOC classification:
  • B508 .D46 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Ancient Cynics and their times -- 2. Renunciation of custom -- 3. A life according to nature -- 4. Chance, fate, fortune and the self -- 5. Anarchists, democrats, cosmopolitans, kings -- 6. Cynic legacies -- Glossary of names -- Glossary of Greek terms -- Notes -- Guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Offers a survey of Cynicism, its varied representatives and ideas, and the many contexts in which it operated. This work introduces some of the important ancient Cynics and their times, from Diogenes 'the Dog' in the fourth century BC to Sallustius in the fifth century AD.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Ancient Cynics and their times -- 2. Renunciation of custom -- 3. A life according to nature -- 4. Chance, fate, fortune and the self -- 5. Anarchists, democrats, cosmopolitans, kings -- 6. Cynic legacies -- Glossary of names -- Glossary of Greek terms -- Notes -- Guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.

Offers a survey of Cynicism, its varied representatives and ideas, and the many contexts in which it operated. This work introduces some of the important ancient Cynics and their times, from Diogenes 'the Dog' in the fourth century BC to Sallustius in the fifth century AD.

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