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Cynicism
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: Ansgar Allen
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-05 - Publisher: MIT Press

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A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. T
The Making of Modern Cynicism
Language: en
Pages: 326
Authors: David Mazella
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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Asks: how did ancient Cynic philosophy come to provide a name for its modern, unphilosophical counterpart, and what events caused such a dramatic reversal of cy
The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Helen Small
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-29 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Cynicism is usually seen as a provocative mode of dissent from conventional moral thought, casting doubt on the motives that guide right conduct. When critics t
The Cynic Philosophers
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Diogenes of Sinope
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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'Poverty does not consist in the want of money,' I answered, 'nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through viol
Cynics
Language: en
Pages: 297
Authors: William Desmond
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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Once regarded as a minor Socratic school, Cynicism is now admired as one of the more creative and influential philosophical movements in antiquity. First arisin