Antisthenes

440 BC - 360 BC *

a student of Socrates, Antisthenes' philosophy of cynicism exerted an important influence on Diogenes

ANTISTHENES (c. 444—365 B.C.), the founder of the Cynic fool of philosophy, was born at Athens of a Thracian mother, which may account for the extreme boldness of his attack conventional thought. In his youth he studied rhetoric under Gorgias, perhaps also under Hippias and Prodicus. It has been suggested that he was originally in good circumstances, but was reduced to poverty. However this may be, he came under the influence of Socrates, and became a devoted pupil. He was so eager to hear the words of Socrates that he used to hike daily from Peiraeus to Athens, and persuaded his friends accom... [read entire biography]

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