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Antisthenes of Athens Setting the World Aright
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Luis E. Navia
ISBN: 0-313-31672-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31672-2
192 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/2001
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £79.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Sources and Testimonies
    A Biographical Sketch
    The Interpretation of Homer
    Saying Nothing about the No Thing
    The Socratic Connection
    Antishenes, the Absolute Dog
    Simon the Shoemaker
    Diogenes Laertius: The Life of Antisthenes
    Bibliography
    Index of Names
    Index of Subjects
About the Author: LUIS E. NAVIA is Professor of Philosophy at New York Institute of Technology. He has written extensively in philosophy and is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences. His most recent books are The Philosophy of Cynicism (Greenwood, 1995), Classical Cynicism: A Critical Study (Greenwood, 1996), Diogenes of Sinope: The Man in the Tub (Greenwood, 1998), and The Adventure of Philosophy (Praeger, 1999).
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