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
