Antisthenes

[an-tis-thuh-neez]

noun

1. 444?–365? b.c., Greek philosopher: founder of the Cynic school.

Antisthenes

/ ænˈtɪsθəˌniːz /

noun

1. ?445–365 _bc , Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic school, who taught that the only good was virtue, won by self-control and independence from worldly needs

Example Sentences

Its extreme vice and asceticism, 153 Antisthenes, his scepticism, i.

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The Cynic Antisthenes said that there were many popular gods, but there was only one god of nature.153 The Stoics, reproducing an opinion which was supported by Aristotle and attributed to Pythagoras,154 believed in an all-pervading soul of nature, but unlike some modern schools which have adopted this view, they asserted in emphatic language the doctrine of Providence, and the self-consciousness of the Deity.

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As regards the members of the school, the separate articles on Antisthenes, Crates, Diogenes and Demetrius contain all biographical information.

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Antisthenes adopted this principle in its most literal sense, and proceeded to explain “knowledge” in the narrowest terms of practical action and decision, excluding from the conception everything except the problem of individual will realizing itself in the sphere of ordinary existence.

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But they undoubtedly maintained the spirit of Antisthenes unimpaired and held an honourable place in Roman thought.

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