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cynicism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antisthenes | didn't argue with socrates, founder of cynicism |
| cynicism | live simple with nature and virtue |
| cynic eudaemonia | independence and self control |
| Alexander the Great | student of Aristotle, liked antis themes and Diogenes |
| hellenism | 320-30 BCE, after Alexander before the rise of Rome |
| Diogenes | refused alexander, conversation was short and cynical |
| deface the currency | fill coins with lead and take silver with father, told by oracle |
| kynos | dog like, faithful hound, lived like and with dogs |
| search for honest man | shine bright latern in peoples faces in the agora |
| possessions | had none |
| cosmopolitan | no loyalty to any state, law, or party |
| Diogenes and plato | argued and bit him |
| cynic today | one who finds fault in others |