The Cynics - Back To Nature

Diogenes of Sinope

One of the founders of cynic philosophy; the cynic who supposedly carried a lantern to search for an honest man

Basic doctrine of Cynicism

aim of life is happiness

The Cynics reject all:

convention (any legal stuff)

Crates + Hipparchia

cynic philosophers younger than Diogenes

Cynics invented a literary form called:

diatriabes (diatribai)

Diogenes claimed, "what is natural to humans is ______ by ______":

discernible by reason

Heracles

extolled as the exemplar of a proper life by Antisthenes

According to Antisthenes, virtue is:

goal of life teachable (once learned cannot be lost)

The Cynics rejected (2):

government

Autarkeia

greek word for self-sufficiency

Teachings of the Cynics consisted in moral:

harangues

Since living in accordance with nature is simple, it results in complete __________ (_________):

independence (autarkeia)

What are Cynics in favor of:

living simply (living off of nothing, doing nothing, etc.)

Cynics said they were bound by laws of:

nature

Virtue consists living strictly in accordance with:

nature

According to Antisthenes, the Sage is:

self-sufficient

Crates

student of Diogenes; tutored Zeno of Citium

According to Cynics, the only important thing for happiness is:

virtue

Antisthenes rejected all:

wealth, except for the wealth of the soul

The Cynics rejected:

wealth, luxury, private property

Antisthenes once said:

I'd rather be mad than experience pleasure

Antisthenes

Founder of Cynicism; follower of Socrates

Cynic philosophy

-moral teachings only -despised all artifice -advocated return to nature

Which philosophy is also known as "dog philosophy"?

Cynicism