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| Genre/Form: | Quotations, maxims, etc |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Diogenes |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Diogenes; Robin Hard |
| ISBN: | 9780199589241 0199589240 |
| OCLC Number: | 752069011 |
| Description: | xxxviii, 269 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. 1. Diogenes and the early cynics. A humorous portrait of Diogenes and Aristippos -- Diogenes' conversion to the Ascetic life -- The sage as beggar -- Self-characterization -- A short-cut to philosophy -- The world of illusion -- Religion and superstition -- Politicians and rulers -- The sale and enslavement of Diogenes -- Moralistic and traditional -- Diogenes as wit -- Old age and death -- Immediate followers of Diogenes -- Sayings and anecdotes of Crates -- The followers of Crates -- Postscript: Bion of Borysthenes -- Antisthenes as forerunner of cynicism -- pt. 2. Aristippos and the Cyrenaics. Aristippos of Cyrene -- The Cyrenaic School under the younger Aristippos -- The other Cyrenaics -- pt. 3. Apocryphal Letters. Selections from the Cynic letters -- Correspondence of Aristippos. |
| Series Title: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) |
| Responsibility: | Diogenes the Cynic; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Hard. |
Abstract:
A unique edition of the sayings of Diogenes, whose biting wit and eccentricity inspired the anecdotes that express his Cynic philosophy. It includes the accounts of his immediate successors, such as
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