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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Antisthenes

Antisthenes was older than Plato; though the exact time of his birth is uncertain: but he fought at the battle of Tanagra, b.c.

From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Charles Duke Yonge

Antisthenes was a pupil of Socrates, from whom he imbibed the fundamental ethical precept that virtue, not pleasure, is the end of existence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

This conception, too, is presumably traceable to Antisthenes.

From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Ingeborg Andersen

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 Gilbert Murray

All these men adhered steadfastly to the principles laid down by Antisthenes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various