Philosophy Exam 2 - The Cynics

What is the Cynic's aim of life?

Happiness

The Cynic philosophy only taught what kind of teachings?

Moral (Subjects like: music, math, astronomy, etc. are "useless and unnecessary")

The Cynics believed in living according to what?

Nature

Who is Antisthenes?

Pupil of Socrates; considered to be the founder of Cynic school of philosophy (Diogenes takes real credit)

True or False: The Cynics even accepted cannibalism

True

Cynics believed what is important for happiness?

Virtue

What is the Cynic's interpretation of Virtue?

Virtue consists in living strictly in accordance with nature

What was the Cynics standard of the "natural?"

What animals or very young, unsocialized children do

What did the Cynics argue to support their natural lifestyle?

What is natural can neither be dishonorable nor indecent, and therefore can/should be done in public

What is the Greek word for "citizen of the world"?

cosmopolitês

The Sage is self sufficient, since "_______________"

everything belonging to others is his

Diogenes claims on nature by reason?

He claimed that the Cynic way of life simply employed reason to discover what is necessary and sufficient for happiness, instead of convention

How did Diogenes live?

He was an itinerant, dressed shabby, lived in public places and survived by begging

Whom did Antisthenes uphold as a moral exemplar?

Hercules

Since living in accordance with nature is simple, it results in what?

Independence (Autarkeia)

What is diatriabes?

A literary form in which rhetorical questions would be posed and then answered by the writer

Who are Crates and Hipparchia?

A married couple who were identified as true Cynics (sex in public, gender equal)

Who did Diogenes tell to "stand out of my light?"

Alexander the Great

What does Cosmopolitês mean?

Citizen of the World

Who is the founder of the Cynic philosophy?

Diogenes of Sinope

People also called the Cynics what?

Dog Philosophers

True or False: Diogenes mostly wrote his teachings

False; Diogenes taught by example and preaching

True or False: The Cynics accepted Government

False; The Cynics said they were bound to the laws of nature and people's laws

True or False: Diogenes lived in a tub

False; this is one of his many myths