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Classical Cynicism
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Luis Navia
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-10-11 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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More than a school of philosophy with a defined set of beliefs and convictions, classical Cynicism represents an unconventional sect of philosophers and a way o
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
Cynicism and Christianity in Antiquity
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Pages: 442
Authors: Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-20 - Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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Was Jesus a Cynic? Cynicism and Christianity in Antiquity is a literary tour de force analyzing and refuting the hypothesis that Jesus was a Cynic. Marie-Odile
The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time
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Authors: Helen Small
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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 Greek Praise of Poverty
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: William D. Desmond
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher:

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William Desmond, taking issue with common popular and scholarlyviews of the ancient Greek Cynics, contends that early Cynics likeAntisthenes and Diogenes were n