Antisthenes

Definition: Antisthenes, was a Greek philosopher and contemporary of Socrates who lived from the mid-5th to the mid-4th century B.C. Since Diogenes Laertius, Antisthenes has been treated as the founder of the Cynic way of life, a philosophical tradition. Like his friend Socrates, Antisthenes believed virtue could be taught and was all one needed for happiness. Another Diogenes, Diogenes of Sinope, was a pupil of Antisthenes. Diogenes was the philosopher who historically earned the label "cynic" from the Greek for "dog".

Sources:

• _{Christopher C. W. Taylor "Antisthenes" Who's Who in the Classical World. Ed. Simon Hornblower and Tony Spawforth. Oxford University Press, 2000.}
• _{"Cynics" The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Simon Blackburn. Oxford University Press, 2008}
• _{A History of Cynicism - From Diogenes to the 6th Century A.D., by Donald R. Dudley; 2007.}

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