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Cynics
Language: en
Pages: 297
Authors: William Desmond
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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Once regarded as a minor Socratic school, Cynicism is now admired as one of the more creative and influential philosophical movements in antiquity. First arisin
The Cynics
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Robert Bracht Branham
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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This collection of essays--the first of its kind in English--brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition assoc
The Cynics
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: R. Bracht Branham
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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This collection of essays the first of its kind in English brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition associa
Cynics and Christian Origins
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Francis Gerald Downing
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-01-01 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This study shows that the wealth of parallels between the Jesus tradition and popular Cynicism suggest that Cynicism has been an important element in Christiani
Justice and Generosity
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Andre Laks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-01-26 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Hegel's often-echoed verdict on the apolitical character of philosophy in the Hellenistic age is challenged in this collection of essays, originally presented a