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Diogenes: The Rebellious Life And Revolutionary Philosophy Of The Original Cynic
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The Life And Thought Of Diogenes The Cynic, An Iconoclastic Philosopher Who Pioneered A Brash And FreeThinking Vision Of Life That Inspired The Philosophy Of StoicismA Rich, Engaging Portrait Of Intellectual Fearlessness (Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer PrizeWinning Author Of Cleopatra)In His Own Day, The Ancient Philosopher Diogenes The Cynic Had A Reputation For Eccentricity, Heckling His Fellow Philosophers In The Marketplace, Living In A Clay Pot, And Relieving Himself In Public. Since His Death In 323 Bce, Devoted Followers Made Him And His Ideas Famous The World Over. But What We Think We Know About Diogenes Remains Distorted And Sanitized.In Diogenes, Classicist Inger N.I. Kuin Scours All Existing Evidence Of Diogenes And His Followers To Offer An InDepth Account Of Diogenes Life And Thought, Revealing A Man Whose Innovative Ideas About Power, Death, Nature, And The Body Have Much To Teach The Contemporary World. He Pioneered A Vision Of Simplicity And Autonomy In His DayToDay Life, Stressing The Importance Of Living In The Here And Now, And Of Always Thinking For Oneself. Diogenes Stands Apart As HistoryS First Recorded Critic Of Slavery And A Proud Exile From Polite Society Whose Challenging Thought Proved Foundational For The Stoics And Their Successors.Diogenes Rehabilitates Diogenes As A Compelling Thinker For The TwentyFirst Century, One Who Demands That We Look At Our Society With Fresh Eyes And Be Unafraid Of ChangeStarting With Ourselves.
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