Cynic school

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:activePeriod 4th century BCE
gptkbp:associatedWith minimalism
critique of social conventions
public acts of defiance
gptkbp:coreBelief ascetic lifestyle
living in accordance with nature
virtue is the only good
self-sufficiency (autarkeia)
rejection of conventional desires for wealth, power, and fame
shamelessness (anaideia)
gptkbp:declinedAfter gptkb:Roman_era
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Antisthenes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cynic school
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Stoicism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Socrates
gptkbp:languageOfPhilosophy gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Crates_of_Thebes
gptkb:Hipparchia_of_Maroneia
gptkb:Diogenes_of_Sinope
gptkb:Menippus
gptkbp:originatedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:relatedConcept parrhesia
cynicism
ataraxia
autarkeia
gptkbp:relatedTo Hellenistic philosophy
Greek philosophy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lives_of_the_Eminent_Philosophers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7