Antisthenes

Male, Deceased Person

2024 – 1969

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Who was Antisthenes?

Antisthenes was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. Antisthenes first learned rhetoric under Gorgias before becoming an ardent disciple of Socrates. He adopted and developed the ethical side of Socrates' teachings, advocating an ascetic life lived in accordance with virtue. Later writers regarded him as the founder of Cynic philosophy.

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Born
Mar 29, 2024
Athens
Died
Dec 31, 1969
Athens

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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