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Diogenes of Sinope

The Cynic Philosophers

from Diogenes to Julian

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A unique new volume illuminating the philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman Cynics The Greek Cynics owned no property and rejected fame and fortune, living almost entirely out of doors while surviving on wild plants and water from natural springs. They promoted ideals such as self-sufficiency, freedom, detachment, shamelessness, and toughness, and their philosophy penetrated not only Greek but also Roman civilization. This unique anthology draws together the writings on and by various Cynic philosophers, from founding figures Antisthenes and Diogenes of Sinope to Hipparchia, one of the few female philosophers in antiquity, and fourth-cent… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Julian, Emperor / Lucian / Dobbin, Robert (Übers.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-14-119222-2
  • EAN: 9780141192222
  • Produktnummer: 13173890
  • Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Masse: H19.7 cm x B13.0 cm x D1.7 cm 216 g
  • Gewicht: 216
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Robert Dobbin was born in New York City in 1958. He received a PhD in Classics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989, and taught history and classics at 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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