Cynics.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781317492863
- 183/.4
- B508 .D46 2014
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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