Antisthenes

An·tis·the·nes

A0350100 (ăn-tĭs′thə-nēz′) 444?-371? bc. Greek philosopher whose teachings were central to the founding of the Cynic school.

Antisthenes

(ænˈtɪsθəˌniːz) n (Biography) ?445–365 bc, Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic school, who taught that the only good was virtue, won by self-control and independence from worldly needs

An•tis•the•nes

(ænˈtɪs θəˌniz)

n. 444?–365? B.C., Greek philosopher: founder of the Cynic school.

Antisthenes

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Antisthenes

(ăntĭs`thənēz), b. 444? B.C., d. after 371 B.C., Greek philosopher, founder of the CynicsCynics
[Gr.,=doglike, probably from their manners and their meeting place, the Cynosarges, an academy for Athenian youths], ancient school of philosophy founded c.440 B.C. by Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates.
..... Click the link for more information. . Most of his paradoxical views stemmed from his early Sophist orientation, even though he became one of Socrates' most ardent followers. He believed that man's happiness lay in cultivating virtue for its own sake. To attain virtue, man must reduce his dependence on the external world to a minimum, disregard social convention, shun pleasure, and live in poverty. Antisthenes, like Xenophanes, repudiated polytheism, substituting one god, whom he described as unlike anything known to man. His view that each individual is unique had implications for ethics and for a theory of knowledge.

Antisthenes

(444–371 B. C.) Greek philosopher and founder of Cynic school. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 121]See: Cynicism

单词	antisthenes
释义	Antisthenes enUK An·tis·the·nes A0350100 (ăn-tĭs′thə-nēz′) 444?-371? bc. Greek philosopher whose teachings were central to the founding of the Cynic school. Antisthenes (ænˈtɪsθəˌniːz) n (Biography) ?445–365 bc, Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic school, who taught that the only good was virtue, won by self-control and independence from worldly needs An•tis•the•nes (ænˈtɪs θəˌniz) n. 444?–365? B.C., Greek philosopher: founder of the Cynic school. Antisthenes enUK Antisthenes (ăntĭs`thənēz), b. 444? B.C., d. after 371 B.C., Greek philosopher, founder of the CynicsCynics [Gr.,=doglike, probably from their manners and their meeting place, the Cynosarges, an academy for Athenian youths], ancient school of philosophy founded c.440 B.C. by Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates. ..... Click the link for more information. . Most of his paradoxical views stemmed from his early Sophist orientation, even though he became one of Socrates' most ardent followers. He believed that man's happiness lay in cultivating virtue for its own sake. To attain virtue, man must reduce his dependence on the external world to a minimum, disregard social convention, shun pleasure, and live in poverty. Antisthenes, like Xenophanes, repudiated polytheism, substituting one god, whom he described as unlike anything known to man. His view that each individual is unique had implications for ethics and for a theory of knowledge. Antisthenes (444–371 B. C.) Greek philosopher and founder of Cynic school. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 121]See: Cynicism
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