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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jun 22, 2008 00:42
The Cynics (Greek: Κυνικοί, Latin: Cynici) were an influential group
of philosophers from the ancient school of Cynicism. Their philosophy
was that the purpose of life was to live a life of Virtue in agreement
with Nature. This meant rejecting all conventional desires for wealth,
power, health, and fame, and by living a life free from all
possessions. As reasoning creatures, people could gain happiness by
rigorous training and by living in way which was natural for humans.
They believed that the world belonged equally to everyone, and that
suffering was caused by false judgments of what was valuable and by
the worthless customs and conventions which surrounded society. Many
of these thoughts were later absorbed into Stoicism.
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Author: bigfletch8bigfletch8 Date: Jun 22, 2008 16:33
On Jun 22, 5:42 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:> The Cynics (Greek: Êõíéêïß, Latin: Cynici) were an influential group
> of philosophers from the ancient school of Cynicism. Their philosophy
> was that the purpose of life was to live a life of Virtue in agreement
> with Nature. This meant rejecting all conventional desires for wealth,
> power, health, and fame, and by living a life free from all
> possessions. As reasoning creatures, people could gain happiness by
> rigorous training and by living in way which was natural for humans.
> They believed that the world belonged equally to everyone, and that
> suffering was caused by false judgments of what was valuable and by
> the worthless customs and conventions which surrounded society. Many
> of these thoughts were later absorbed into Stoicism.
>
> The first philosopher to outline these themes was Antisthenes, who had
> been a pupil of Socrates in the late 5th century BCE. He was followed
> by Diogenes of Sinope, who lived in a tub on the streets of Athens,
> took Cynicism to its logical extremes, and came to be seen as the
> archetypal Cynic philosopher. He was followed by Crates of Thebes who
> gave away a large fortune so he could live a life of Cynic poverty in
> Athens. Cynicism spread with the rise of Imperial Rome in the 1st ...
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Author: kevirwinkevirwin Date: Jun 22, 2008 19:34
On Jun 22, 3:42 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:> The Cynics (Greek: Êõíéêïß, Latin: Cynici) were an influential group
> of philosophers from the ancient school of Cynicism. Their philosophy
> was that the purpose of life was to live a life of Virtue in agreement
> with Nature. This meant rejecting all conventional desires for wealth,
> power, health, and fame, and by living a life free from all
> possessions. As reasoning creatures, people could gain happiness by
> rigorous training and by living in way which was natural for humans.
> They believed that the world belonged equally to everyone, and that
> suffering was caused by false judgments of what was valuable and by
> the worthless customs and conventions which surrounded society. Many
> of these thoughts were later absorbed into Stoicism.
>
> The first philosopher to outline these themes was Antisthenes, who had
> been a pupil of Socrates in the late 5th century BCE. He was followed
> by Diogenes of Sinope, who lived in a tub on the streets of Athens,
> took Cynicism to its logical extremes, and came to be seen as the
> archetypal Cynic philosopher. He was followed by Crates of Thebes who
> gave away a large fortune so he could live a life of Cynic poverty in
> Athens. Cynicism spread with the rise of Imperial Rome in the 1st ...
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jun 23, 2008 13:25
> BoFL:
> Im not even antiZinnic...
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jun 23, 2008 23:47
"and now for something completely different"
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>> BoFL:
>> Im not even antiZinnic...
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Author: bigfletch8bigfletch8 Date: Jun 24, 2008 00:13
On Jun 24, 4:47 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:> "and now for something completely different"
>
>>> BoFL:
>>> Im not even antiZinnic...
But you cannot help continually bringing up the subject.
The value of an object is proportional to how much attention you give
it.
BOfL
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jun 24, 2008 00:29
On Jun 24, 3:13 am, "bigflet...@ gmail.com" gmail.com>
wrote:> On Jun 24, 4:47 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
>>> "and now for something completely different"
>
>>>> BoFL:
>>>> Im not even antiZinnic...
>
>> Im not even antiRolex...
>
>
> But you cannot help continually bringing up the subject.
>
> The value of an object is proportional to how much attention you give
> it.
>
> BOfL
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