The Cynics
What did Antisthenes think about pleasure?
"I'd rather be mad than experience pleasure."
According to Cynics, what is the aim of life?
Happiness
What did Antisthenes say about the Sage?
It's self-sufficient and everything belongs to him.
What did Antisthenes say about virtue?
It's the goal of life. It's teachable and cannot be lost once learned.
According to the Cynics, what does virtue consist of?
Living in accordance with nature.
What did the Cynic philosophy declare was "useless and unnecessary"?
Music Geometry Astronomy
The Cynics said they were only bound by the laws of __________.
Nature
What would the Cynics do in public?
Poop Masturbate Have sex
Diogenes claimed that what is natural to humans is __________.
Reasonable
What did Antisthenes think about wealth?
Rejected all wealth except the "wealth of the soul." (which is achieved through "toil")
What did the Cynics advocate for?
Return to nature.
According the the Cynics, anything else is?
Superfluous Counterproductive
What did the Cynics allow?
Temple robbing Incest Cannibalism Free love
What type of philosophy did Antisthenes avoid?
Theoretical Philosophy
What did Diogenes claim was the Cynic way of life?
To employ reason to discover what is necessary and sufficient for happiness.
According to the Cynics, what is the only thing important for happiness?
Virtue
What was the Cynics' argument for a return to nature?
What is natural is neither dishonorable nor indecent, and therefor can and should be done in public.
Who was supposedly a student of Crates?
Zeno of Citium
Who did Antisthenes say was the exemplar of a proper life?
Heracles
Since living in accordance with nature is simple, it results in complete _______________.
Independence
What is one attribute of the Cynics?
Fearless
Why were Diogenes and his father run out of Sinope?
For counterfeiting coins.
What convention did the Cynics reject?
Governments
Who was Crates?
A student of Diogenes.
What did the Cynics despise?
All artifice.
Who is the "founder" of the Cynics?
Antisthenes
Who were the most important philosopher for moral philosophy?
Aristippus (hedonist) Antisthenes
Where did Diogenes spent most of his life?
Athens Corinth
What is another word for independence?
Autarkeia
What does Cynic literally mean?
Canine
What did "artifice" include?
Cleanliness Pleasant appearance Courtesy
Who were Cynic philosophers that were a generation younger than Diogenes?
Crates Hipparchia
In writing, the Cynics invented a literary form called ________, in which rhetorical questions would be posed and then answered by the writer.
Diatriabes
Who is the founder of Cynic philosophy?
Diogenes of Sinope
Hipparchia (married to Crates) was treated as the ______ of her husband.
Equal
