History Of Cynicism : From Diogenes To The Sixth Century A.D.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: General Publishing Company, Limited. New. 1853995487 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED - 236 pages -- This monograph on ancient cynicism, originally published in 1937, remains a standard work on the subject -- To the student of ancient philosophy Cynicism may seem little more than a debased version of the ethics of Socrates, which exaggerates his austerity to a fanatic asceticism, hardens his irony to sardonic laughter at the follies of mankind, and affords no parallel to his love of knowledge. Diogenes was 'Socrates gone mad'. On the other hand, for the student of ancient social history and thought from the 4thcentury BC to the close of antiquity, and even beyond, the mind-set of cynicism is still a constant or ever-recurring theme. -- Foreword * Preface * Introduction * Chapter * I Antistenes. No direct connection with Cynics. His ethics. * II Diogenes and his associates * (a) Diogenes -- In Literary Translation --Life -- Thought * (b) Onesicratus * (c) Monimus * (d) Crates -- Life -- Writings -- Crates and Hipparchia * III Cynicism in the Third Century B. C. * (a) Bion * (b) Menippus * (c) Cercidas * (d) Teles * (e) Cynic Educational Theory, etc. * IV Cynicism and the Philosophical Schools in the Third Century * (a) The Megarians * (b) Zeno * (c) Ariston * (d) Hedonists * (e) Epicureans * (f) Timon * V Cynic Influence on Hellenistic Literature * VI Cynicism in the Second and First Centuries B. C. * VII Demetrius. The 'Philosophic Opposition' in the First Century A. D. * VIII Cynicism in the Second Century A. D. * (a) General Character * (b) Dio Chrysostom * (c) Demonax * (d) Oenomaus * (e) Peregrinus * (f) Minor Figures * IX Cynicism and the Philosophic Schools in the First and Second Centuries A. D. * (a) Philo * (b) Cynics and Stocis of the Roman Empire * (c) Favorinus * (d) Maximus * X Cynicism from the Third to the Sixth Centuries A. D. * (a) Julian and the Cynics * (b) Maximus * (c) Asterius * (d) Sallustius * Epilogue * Appendices * Index -- with a bonus offer-- .