Antisthenes

American  

[an-tis-thuh-neez] / ænˈtɪs θəˌniz /

noun

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

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Antisthenes British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

Other folk obeyed his commands because they were still slaves, while he 'had never been a slave again since Antisthenes set him free'.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

Pleasure, indeed, Antisthenes declared roundly to be an evil; “Better madness than a surrender to pleasure.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Antisthenes was a man twenty years older than Plato.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

"Virtue is sufficient for happiness," said Antisthenes, "and for virtue nothing is requisite but the strength of a Socrates; it is a matter of action, and does not require many words, or much learning."

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Happiness; Antisthenes on, 159; Plato on, 220-1; Aristotle on, 314-15; Stoics on, 351; Epicurus on, 358, 361; distinguished from pleasure, 221.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)