Diogenes The Cynic: The War Against The World by Luis E. Navia (8)
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“Graduate students; faculty and researchers.”–Choice
“Navia is an interesting interpreter of the fragmentary evidence, and his observations concerning Anthisthenes's views on language and literature are instructive.”–Practical Philocophy
“The strength of [his] book is in its very attempt to bring Antisthenes into modern discussion, not only scholarly discussion, but discussion among generally educated people.”–Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Luis E. Navia provides a comprehensive examination of the ideas and contributions of a Greek philosopher who was influential in the development of classical Cynicism. Based on both primary and secondary sources as well as the findings of modern scholarship, it is a unique contribution to the study of Antisthenes. An important philosopher, only two English-language books about him have been published in the last eighty years. With his clear and accessible narrative style, Navia succeeds in reconstructing Antisthenes' biography resurrecting this ancient philosopher's ideas as still relevant to this day. Navia describes an integral moment in the history of Greek philosophy--the presence of Antisthenes as a student of the Sophists, an associate of Socrates, and the originator of the Cynic movement. This detailed study of the principal sources, includes an index of relevant names, a bibliography of over two hundred and fifty titles, and an appendix consisting of an extensively annotated translation of Diogenes Laertius' biography of Antisthenes.
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“Graduate students; faculty and researchers.”–
“Navia is an interesting interpreter of the fragmentary evidence, and his observations concerning Anthisthenes's views on language and literature are instructive.”–
“The strength of [his] book is in its very attempt to bring Antisthenes into modern discussion, not only scholarly discussion, but discussion among generally educated people.”–
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Luis E. Navia provides a comprehensive examination of the ideas and contributions of a Greek philosopher who was influential in the development of classical Cynicism. Based on both primary and secondary sources as well as the findings of modern scholarship, it is a unique contribution to the study of Antisthenes. An important philosopher, only two English-language books about him have been published in the last eighty years. With his clear and accessible narrative style, Navia succeeds in reconstructing Antisthenes' biography resurrecting this ancient philosopher's ideas as still relevant to this day. Navia describes an integral moment in the history of Greek philosophy--the presence of Antisthenes as a student of the Sophists, an associate of Socrates, and the originator of the Cynic movement. This detailed study of the principal sources, includes an index of relevant names, a bibliography of over two hundred and fifty titles, and an appendix consisting of an extensively annotated translation of Diogenes Laertius' biography of Antisthenes.
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- The Death and Resurrection of the Author?: (Contributions in Philosophy) by William Irwin in Front Matter
- Unmixing the Intellect: Aristotle on Cognitive Powers and Bodily Organs by Joseph M. Magee in Front Matter
- The Heidegger-Buber Controversy: The Status of the I-Thou (Contributions in Philosophy) by Haim Gordon in Front Matter
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception: A Basis for Sharing the Earth (Contributions in Philosophy) by Haim Gordon in Front Matter
- The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism by William D. Desmond in Back Matter
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