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[5] Monimus was famous for saying that "everything is vanity" [6] (τῦφος, tuphos, literally 'mist' or 'smoke'). In book two of Meditations, Marcus Aurelius writes: There is obvious truth to the Cynic Monimus' statement that 'all is opinion'; and obvious, too, is the usefulness of this statement if a man profits from it insofar as it is ...
The term cynic derives from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kynikos) 'dog-like' and κύων (kyôn) 'dog' (genitive: kynos). [4] One explanation offered in ancient times for why the Cynics were called "dogs" was because the first Cynic, Antisthenes, taught in the Cynosarges gymnasium at Athens. [5] The word cynosarges means the "place of the ...
Maximus united the faith of an orthodox believer with the garb and deportment of a Cynic philosopher. He was initially held in great respect by the leading theologians of the orthodox party. Athanasius of Alexandria, in a letter written about 371, [1] pays him several compliments on a work written in defence of the orthodox faith.
Menippus, by Velázquez Menippus, Nuremberg Chronicle.. Menippus of Gadara (/ m ə ˈ n ɪ p ə s /; Greek: Μένιππος ὁ Γαδαρεύς Menippos ho Gadareus; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Cynic satirist.
Cynic philosopher and Sophist. Sotades of Maroneia: fl. 275 BC Poet who wrote on Cynic themes. Menippus of Gadara: fl. 275 BC Cynic philosopher and moral satirist. Menedemus: fl. 250 BC Cynic philosopher Cercidas of Megalopolis: c. 290–c. 220 BC Cynic philosopher-poet. Teles of Megara: fl. 235 BC Cynic teacher and writer of discourses. 1st ...
Monoimus is famous for his quote about the unity of God and man (from Hippolytus): . Omitting to seek after God, and creation, and things similar to these, seek for Him from (out of) thyself, and learn who it is that absolutely appropriates (unto Himself) all things in thee, and says, "My God my mind, my understanding, my soul, my body."
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
Crates (Ancient Greek: Κράτης ὁ Θηβαῖος; c. 365 – c. 285 BC [1]) of Thebes was a Greek Cynic philosopher, [2] the principal pupil of Diogenes of Sinope [2] and the husband of Hipparchia of Maroneia who lived in the same manner as him. [3] Crates gave away his money to live a life of poverty on the streets of Athens.