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

Antisthenes founded the Cynic school, Aristippus the Cyrenaic, and Euclid the Megaric.

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

Attracted by the ascetic teaching of Antisthenes, he became his pupil, despite the brutality with which he was received, and rapidly excelled his master both in reputation and in the austerity of his life.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

He commends spare diet, and in that he speaks as a philosopher; but it is for Socrates or Antisthenes to say so, and not for one who confines all good to pleasure.

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 Yonge, Charles Duke

The Cynics, from the days of Antisthenes, had poured contempt on the popular religion and the worship of material images of the Divine.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

In logic Antisthenes was troubled by the problem of the One and the Many.

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