Antisthenes

[ an-tis-thuh-neez ]

noun

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

Antisthenes

/ ænˈtɪsθəˌniːz /

noun

1. Antisthenes?445 bc365 bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ?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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Overcome by the importunity of Diogenes, Antisthenes yielded, and permitted him to become his scholar.

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Errors of Antisthenes — depended partly on the imperfect formal logic of that day.

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Antisthenes 222probably considered that the copula implied identity between the predicate and the subject.

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This last opinion is said to have been held by Antisthenes, one of the disciples of Sokrates.

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Here again, we have difficulties similar to those which perplexed Antisthenes.

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