A guide for philosophy students covering the history of the ancient Greek school of thought who were called cynics which became a way of living as much as a way to think. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A History of Cynicism - From Diogenes to the 6th Century A.D.

Politics & Social Sciences

Dudley, Donald. R

Philosophy

Mayo Press

<p>A HISTORY OF CYNICISM- From Diogenes to the 6 th Century A. D. by DONALD R. DUDLEY. Contents include: INTRODUCTION ix I ANTISTHENES. NO DIRECT CONNEXION WITH CYNICS. HIS ETHICS I II DIOGENES AND HIS ASSOCIATES 17 a DIOGENES IN LITERARY TRADITIONLIFE THOUGHT b ONESICRATUS 39 c MONIMUS 40 d CRATES LIFE WRITINGS CRATES AND HIPPARCHIA 42 III 9 CYNICISM IN THE THIRD CENTURY B. C. 59 a BION 62 b MENIPPUS 69 c CERCIDAS 74 d TELES 84 e CYNIC EDUCATIONAL THEORY, ETC. 87 IV CYNICISM AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS IN THE THIRD CENTURY 95 a THE MEGARIANS 95 b ZENO 96 c ARISTON IOO d HEDONISTS IO3 e EPICUREANS I O6 TIMON 107 V CYNIC INFLUENCE ON HELLENISTIC LITERATURE IIO VI CYNICISM IN THE SECOND AND FIRST CENTURIES B. C. 117 VII DEMETRIUS. THE PHILOSOPHIC OPPOSITION IN THE FIRST CENTURY A. D. 125 vii viii A HISTORY OF CYNICISM CHAP. PAGf VIII CYNICISM IN THE SECOND CENTURY A. D. 143 a GENERAL CHARACTER 143 b DIG CHRYSOSTOM 148 c DEMONAX 158 d OENOMAUS l62 e PEREGRINUS 170 MINOR FIGURES 1 82 IX CYNICISM AND THE PHILOSOPHIC SCHOOLS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND CENTURIES A. D. 1 86 a PHILO b CYNICS AND STOICS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE c FAVORINUS d MAXIMUS X CYNICISM FROM THE THIRD TO THE SIXTH CENTURIES A. D. 2, Q2 a JULIAN AND THE CYNICS b MAXIMUS c ASTERIUS d SALLUSTIUS EPILOGUE 209 APPENDICES 215 INDEX 223. INTRODUCTION: THE Emperor Julian, speaking of the Cynic philosophy, says that it has been practised in all ages ... it does not need any special study, one need only hearken to the god of Delphi when he enjoins the precepts know thyself and alter the currency . In claiming the Delphic god as the founder of Cynicism Julian is guilty of an obvious anachronism for Cynicism cannot be shown to antedate Diogenes of Sinope. But from the fourth century B. C. Cynicism endured to the last days of the ancient world Cynics were common in the days of Augustine they may have been known in the Empire of Byzantium. Long life is not of itself a criterion of worth and it cannot be denied that Cynicism survived when much of immeasurably greater intellectual value perished. To the student of ancient philosophy there is in Cynicism scarcely more than a rudimentary and debased version of the ethics of Socrates, which exaggerates his austerity to a fanatic asceticism, hardens his irony to sardonic laughter at the follies of man kind, and affords no parallel to his genuine love of knowledge. Well might Plato have said of the first and greatest Cynic, That man is Socrates gone mad. But to the student of social history, and of ancient thought as distinct from philosophy, there is much of interest in Cynicism...</p>

A History Of Cynicism - From Diogenes To The 6th Century A.D.

On the Border with Crook

ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK by JOHN G. BOURKE. Originally pubished in 1891. FOREWARD FOR NEW EDITION: The reason for the rarity of Bourkes classic On The Border With Crook, is not far to seek. Almost any chapter of this facsimilie reproduction reveals Bourke 2 s eminence as a popular writer, and Crooks high place in the western Indian Wars. These dominating features have made the work a volume to be read and referred to, and to be worn out in library use. Bourkes studious, methodical system of investigation, includ ing the almost photographic preservation, in his copious note books, of every useful memorandum, and mental impression, has netted him other more scholarly, if not more readable books. His treatises on the Indians of the Southwest, have gained for him the enviable regard of professional ethnologists. But he has also earned the endearment of lay readers, for reaching into the historic legends of the region, and the archives of the past, for further tales to give setting to the occurrences of the present. Probably no other writer ever did so much to preserve the atmosphere of Old Tucson, Arizona or of the primitive Apache Indians of the Southwest. And he did almost as much for early Deadwood, Dakota, and for the Great Plains Indians, during the savage wars of the Seventies. Bourke has the rare knack of taking the reader along with him as a close bystander. Here he sees the complete picture, breathes the exciting atmosphere, feels the tension, and the heat, suffers the wounds, hears the dialogue, smells the odors, meets the participants, the men of prominence, and men not promi nent until Bourke mentions them for they all bunk together in his hospitable notebooks. How could the scores of typically western adventure stories have been written into later prints, without cribbing from Bourke This includes some stock stories still current, which Bourke declares were old when he first met them The reader follows closely, for the stark surprises in store. He is enter tained in the hostelries and eating places, in the old dancing, academies of music, and in the saloons and gaming nests. He goes on the antelope chases, and attends the buffalo kills. And he witnesses the shootings, the lynchings, the hangings, the mas sacres, the throat-cuttings, and the dismemberings and even seems to assist with the belated burials. He jogs out with the cavalry, alongside the officers, the scouts, the guides, the packers, the cooks and he meets such shining shoulder Indian braves as Pretty Voice Bull, Charging Bear, Tall Wild Cat, Kills First, and Brave Buffalo, with names in tended to reflect their natures all on their distinguished way into Bourkes Memoranda files. If Bourke left anything out, the reader does not miss it. General Crook became more of an Indian by experience than many of the old Indian chieftains were by nature, says Bourke and refers to him as a Daniel Boone, with a college education. These men served together, as General and aide, for fifteen of the hardest possible years in the wilderness, with never a rift recorded. Out of sheer admiration for General Crook, seventeen years his senior, Captain Bourke qualifies as a biographer. Thus every Indian collision and casualty embellishes the services of his respected General...

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