The dangerous life and ideas of Diogenes the Cynic:

Ancient philosophers are often contrasted with contemporary philosophers because they view philosophy not as a profession but as a way of life. None did so more uncompromisingly than Diogenes the Cynic, who chided even Socrates for occasionally wearing sandals and maintaining a small household. Diog...

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Main Author: Roubineau, Jean-Manuel 1973- (Author)
Other Authors: DeBevoise, M. B. (Translator)
Format: Electronic Map
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2023
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Summary:Ancient philosophers are often contrasted with contemporary philosophers because they view philosophy not as a profession but as a way of life. None did so more uncompromisingly than Diogenes the Cynic, who chided even Socrates for occasionally wearing sandals and maintaining a small household. Diogenes's espousal of extreme poverty, talent for exhibitionism, and propensity for offense were taken by some to be merely childish and grounded in a desire for fame, but by others as an ideal form of pure philosophical commitment. Beginning with his life as a banker's son in Sinope, this book traces his exile and status as a foreigner in Athens and Corinth, his subsequent embrace of a life of poverty, and his development of a style of life that both he and others found comparable to a dog's in its disregard for social norms and conventions
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023. - Translated from the French. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 129 Seiten) Karten
ISBN:9780197666371
9780197666388
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197666357.001.0001

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