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Antisthenes of Athens Setting the World Aright
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Luis E. Navia
Book Code: GM1672
ISBN: 0-313-31672-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31672-2
192 pages, photo
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/2001
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Philosophy
Series Number: 80
Reviews:
  • Graduate students; faculty and researchers.
    —Choice     November 2001
  • Navia is an interesting interpreter of the fragmentary evidence, and his observations concerning Anthisthenes's views on language and literature are instructive.
    —Practical Philocophy     Sprint 2003
  • 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     .
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
LC Card Number: 00-069516
LCC Class: B293
Dewey Class: 183
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