The Cynics
Subtitle: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy (Hellenistic Culture and Society, 23)
Contributors: R. Bracht Branham (Editor); Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 14, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780520216457
Subjects: Ancient Western philosophy to c 500; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Literary Collections; Hellenic languages; Literary Criticism; Ancient Greece; History / Ancient / General; Essays; Ancient and Classical
First sentence: Of all the routes by which Socrates' philosophy was transmitted to the Hellenistic world, that followed by the Cynics was the most startling and, in certain respects, the most influential.