Cynics, Skeptics,Epicureans, & Stoics
Epicureanism
Its aim was to liberate people from fear, not only the fear of dearh but the fear of life
Alexander the Great
Pyrrho had served as a soldier with __________.
Sceptics
Pyrrho launched a whole school of philosophers that became known as what?
Stoics
The ____ believed that emotions are judgements, and therefore cognitive
Antisthenes
The cynics' progenitor
Pyrrho
The first person to make scepticism the be-all and end-all of his thought- to adopt it as being in itself a philosophy
Cynics
This group rejected all conventions of government, private property, marriage, and religion
Stoics
This group says that there can be no higher authority than reason
Epicureans
This group was open to women and slaves
"Like a dog"
What does the word cynic mean?
Diogenes
Who always said that he was a citizen of the world?
Cynics
Who believed that the difference between true values and false values was the only distinction that mattered?
Diogenes
Who followed antisthenes?
Because he lived like a dog
Why did people call Diogenes "Cynic"?
Zeno of Citium
Founder of stoicism
Stoics
Governing philosopy of the Roman empire
What do all of these groups have in common?
All are concerned with how a civilized man is to live in an insecure, unstable, and dangerous world.
Epicurus
Created epicureanism