Cynics, Skeptics,Epicureans, & Stoics

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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


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