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Name: Antisthenes
Birth Date: 444 B.C.
Death Date: 371 B.C.
Place of Birth: Athens, Greece
Place of Death: Athens, Greece
Nationality: Greek
Gender: Male
Occupations: philosopher

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Biography of Antisthenes
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The Greek philosopher Antisthenes (444-371 BC) was a devoted student and follower of Socrates and is credited with founding the Cynic Sect, which exerted great influence on the course of popular philosophy throughout antiquity. Born in Athens of an...


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Antisthenes Quotes
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Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults. As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. It is better to fall among...


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Antisthenes (Ante 443 Bce–Post 366 Bce) Summary
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Antisthenes(Ante 443 Bce–Post 366 Bce) Antisthenes, son of an Athenian father and Thracian mother, was a pupil of the rhetorician Gorgias and an intimate and admirer of Socrates. He taught professionally at Athens, maintaining his own...
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Antisthenes (Greek: Ἀντισθένης), lived c. 445-365 BC, was a philosopher and a pupil of Socrates, and became an important inspiration for later Cynic philosophy. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide";...


 

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