Who is the most cynical philosopher?
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Who is the most cynical philosopher?
Diogenes
Diogenes took Cynicism to its logical extremes, and came to be seen as the archetypal Cynic philosopher.
Who on the list was a famous cynic?
List of Cynic philosophers
| Name | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 4th Century BC | ||
| Antisthenes | c. 445-365 BC | Pupil of Socrates. Laid down the principles of Cynic philosophy. |
| Diogenes of Sinope | c. 412-323 BC | Cynic philosopher. Became the archetypal Cynic. |
| Onesicritus | c. 360-c. 290 BC | Pupil of Diogenes. Travelled with Alexander the Great. |
Who introduced cynicism?
Antisthenes
Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates, is considered to be the founder of the movement, but Diogenes of Sinope embodied for most observers the Cynics’ worldview. He strove to destroy social conventions (including family life) as a way of returning to a “natural” life.
Who are the Greek Cynics?
Cynic, member of a Greek philosophical sect that flourished from the 4th century bce to well into the Common Era, distinguished as much for its unconventional way of life as for its rejection of traditional social and political arrangements, professing instead a cosmopolitan utopia and communal anarchism.
Is a chicken a man?
According to Diogenes Laërtius, when Plato gave the tongue-in-cheek definition of man as “featherless bipeds,” Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato’s Academy, saying, “Behold! I’ve brought you a man,” and so the Academy added “with broad flat nails” to the definition.
Was Aristotle a cynic?
In his own time his fame was such that Aristotle in his work on rhetoric could refer to him simply as ‘the Cynic’ without need of further identification. For Plato he was ‘Socrates gone mad’, on account of his having taken Socrates’ simple way of life to extremes.