Diogenes the Cynic

Sayings and Anecdotes

with Other Popular Moralists
Übersetzung: Hard, Robin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique edition of the sayings of Diogenes, whose biting wit and eccentricity inspired the anecdotes that express his Cynic philosophy. It includes the accounts of his immediate successors, such as Crates and Hipparchia, and the witty moral preacher Bion. The contrasting teachings of the Cyrenaics and the hedonistic Aristippos complete the volume.

Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 131mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780199589241
• ISBN-10: 0199589240
• Artikelnr.: 34886148

Autorenporträt

Robin Hard has translated Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations for Oxford World's Classics. He is the author of the Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology.

Inhaltsangabe

Diogenes and the Early Cynics
A Humorous Portrait of Diogenes and Aristippos
Diogenes' Conversion to the Ascetic Life
The Sage as Beggar
Self-Characterization
A Short-cut to Philosophy
The World of Illusion
Religion and Superstition
Politicians and Rulers
The Sale and Enslavement of Diogenes
Moralistic and Traditional
Diogenes as Wit
Old Age and Death
Immediate Followers of Diogenes
Sayings and Anecdotes of Crates
The Followers of Crates
Postscript: Borysthenes of Bion
Antisthenes as Forerunner of Cynicism
Aristippos and the Cyrenaics
Aristippos of Cyrene
The Cyrenaic School under the Younger Aristippos
The Other Cyrenaics
Apocryphal Letters
Selections from the Cynic Letters
Correspondence of Aristippos