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Diogenes of Sinope

The Cynic Philosophers

from Diogenes to Julian

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'Poverty does not consist in the want of money,' I answered, 'nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through violent means if necessary'From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the Cynic philosophers sought to cure humanity of greed and vice with their proposal of living simply. They guaranteed happiness to their adherents through freedom of speech, poverty, self-sufficiency and physical hardiness. In this fascinating and completely new collection of Cynic writing through the centuries, from Diogenes and Hipparchia, to Lucian and the Roman emperor Julian, the history an… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Julian / Lucian / Dobbin, Robert (Übers.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-14-193930-8
  • EAN: 9780141939308
  • Produktnummer: 17834525
  • Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 410 KB

Über den Autor


Robert Dobbin was born in New York City in 1958. He received a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989, and taught history and classics at the college level for years. He is the author of Epictetus Discourses: Book One (1998), as well as articles on Virgil, Plato and Pythagoras. He has also translated Epictetus's Discourses and Selected Writings (2008) for Penguin Classics. Currently he works as a book editor in northern California.

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