An engaging look at the founder of one of the most important
philosophical schools of ancient Greece. The ancient philosopher
Diogenes—nicknamed "The Dog" and decried by Plato as a "Socrates
gone mad"—was widely praised and idealized as much as he was
mocked and vilified. A favorite subject of sculptors and painters
since the Renaissance, his notoriety is equally due to his
infamously eccentric behavior, scorn of conventions, and biting
aphorisms, and to the role he played in the creation of the Cynic
school, which flourished from the 4th century B.C. to the Christian
era. In this book, Jean-Manuel Roubineau paints a new portrait of
an atypical philosopher whose life left an indelible mark on the
Western collective imagination and whose philosophy courses through
various schools of thought well beyond antiquity. Roubineau sifts
through the many legends and apocryphal stories that surround the
life of Diogenes. Was he, the son of a banker, a counterfeiter in
his hometown of Sinope? Did he really meet Alexander the Great? Was
he truly an apologist for incest, patricide, and anthropophagy? And
how did he actually die? To answer these questions, Roubineau
retraces the known facts of Diogenes' existence. Beyond the
rehashed clichés, this book inspires us to rediscover Diogenes'
philosophical legacy—whether it be the challenge to the
established order, the detachment from materialism, the choice of a
return to nature, or the formulation of a cosmopolitan ideal
strongly rooted in the belief that virtue is better revealed in
action than in theory.
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Jean-Manuel Roubineau
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| Translators: |
Malcolm DeBevoise
(Translator of French and English)
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| Editors: |
Phillip Mitsis
(A.S. Onassis Professor)
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| Dimensions: |
217 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-766635-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-19-766635-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780197666357 |
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