Antisthenes
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Philosophy, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Area of Achievement: Philosophy Greek philosopher{$I[g]Greece;Anisthenes} Founder of the philosophical school of classical Cynicism, Antisthenes regarded virtue as the sole basis of happiness and viewed self-control and rejection of materialism as the only means of achieving virtue.
Early Life
Antisthenes (an-TIHS-thuh-neez) was the son of an Athenian citizen, also named Antisthenes; his mother was a Thracian slave. Because both parents were not Athenian citizens, Antisthenes was not entitled to citizenship under a law passed by...
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