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ISBN: 9780826434753 Year: 2011 Publisher: London : Continuum,
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Philosopher-kings. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Philosophes-rois --- Philosophie ancienne --- Academic collection --- Philosopher-kings --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Philosopher-rulers --- Kings and rulers --- Philosophers
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ISBN: 1317492854 1317492862 1315711745 128294729X 9786612947292 1844654087 9781844654086 1844651282 9781844651283 9781317492863 9781317492856 9781315711744 9781282947290 6612947292 9781844651290 1844651290 9780520258358 0520258355 9780520258617 0520258614 Year: 2008 Publisher: Durham : Acumen Publishing,
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Once regarded as a minor Socratic school, Cynicism is now admired as one of the more creative and influential philosophical movements in antiquity. First arising in the city-states of late classical Greece, Cynicism thrived through the Hellenistic and Roman periods, until the triumph of Christianity and the end of pagan antiquity. In every age down to the present, its ideals of radical simplicity and freedom have alternately inspired and disturbed onlookers. This book presents the first general survey of Cynicism in antiquity for over fifty years. Drawing on a wealth of new research, William Desmond offers a comprehensive study of the most important ancient Cynics and their ideas, examining their rejection of various traditional customs and the rebellious life-style for which they were notorious. Desmond considers both the fragmentary ancient evidence on the Cynics and the historical interpretations that have shaped Cynic philosophy over later centuries. The central chapters locate major Cynic themes; its critique of convention, praise of natural simplicity, advocacy of self-sufficiency, defiance of Fortune, and celebration of freedom; within the rich matrix of ideas debated by the ancient schools and shows that far from being pessimistic or nihilistic, as modern uses of the term; suggest, the ancient Cynics were astonishingly optimistic regarding human nature. Cynics offers a fascinating introduction to some of the most colourful personalities of antiquity and a school of thought which continues to generate much philosophical interest today.
ISBN: 0268025827 0268025819 9780268025823 9780268025816 Year: 2005 Publisher: Indiana University of Notre Dame Press
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