Cynic school
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The Cynic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement that advocated for a life of virtue in accordance with nature, rejecting conventional desires for wealth, power, and social status.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical movement
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philosophical school → |
| attitudeTowardInstitutions |
critique of marriage and family conventions
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critique of political institutions → |
| attitudeTowardPossessions | embrace of poverty → |
| attitudeTowardReligion | skepticism toward traditional religious practices → |
| corePrinciple |
anaideia (shamelessness) in defiance of convention
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askēsis (ascetic training) → autarkeia (self-sufficiency) → living in accordance with nature → parrhesia (frank speech) → rejection of conventional desires for power → rejection of conventional desires for social status → rejection of conventional desires for wealth → virtue is the only good → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| ethicalFocus |
freedom from passion and possession
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simplicity of life → virtue → |
| etymology | name derived from Greek "kynikos" meaning dog-like → |
| founder | Antisthenes → |
| historicalPeriod |
Classical Greece
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Hellenistic period → |
| inception | 4th century BCE → |
| influenced |
Hellenistic philosophy
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Stoicism →
surface form:
Stoic school
Zeno of Citium → |
| influencedBy |
Antisthenes
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Socrates → Socratic philosophy → |
| languageOfExpression | Ancient Greek → |
| legacy |
model for later radical social criticism
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precursor to Stoic ethics → |
| notablePhilosopher |
Crates of Thebes
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Diogenes of Sinope → Hipparchia of Maroneia → Metrocles of Maroneia → Monimus of Syracuse → |
| philosophicalTradition | Cynicism → |
| placeOfOrigin | Athens → |
| relatedConcept |
asceticism
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cosmopolitanism → minimalism in lifestyle → |
| symbol | dog → |
| teachingMethod |
dialogue and satire
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public example and performance → |
| viewOnConvention | social conventions are often contrary to nature → |
| viewOnSociety | civilization corrupts natural virtue → |
| viewOnVirtue | virtue is sufficient for happiness → |
| viewOnWealth | wealth is indifferent or harmful to virtue → |
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