Antisthenes
444?–365? b.c, greek philosopher: founder of the cynic school.
historical examples
hence we see that the difficulty started by antisthenes and others equally unschooled (ἀπαίδευτοι) is not without pertinence.
aristotle george grote
from antisthenes came the cynics; from aristippus the philosophers of pleasure.
initiation into philosophy emile f-guet
the ugly and ill-shapen crates of thebes was one of the successors of antisthenes.
greek women mitch-ll carroll
(exclaimed antisthenes, and as he spoke he eyed the witness with an air of triumph).
the symposium xenophon
antisthenes took up ethics princ-p-lly, but with negative logic intermingled.
plato and the other companions of sokrates, 3rd ed. volume i (of 4) george grote
i am afraid your wealth and his (antisthenes’) combined may overpower me.
the symposium xenophon
the necessity of discussing the histories of zeno and antisthenes.
the histories of polybius, vol. ii (of 2) polybius
but how is it that you alone, antisthenes, you misanthrope, love n-body?
the symposium xenophon
distinction ascribed to antisthenes between simple and complex objects.
plato and the other companions of sokrates, 3rd ed. volume i (of 4) george grote
now this is surely not likely to have been affirmed about antisthenes.
plato and the other companions of sokrates, 3rd ed. volume iii (of 4) george grote
noun
?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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