The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy Volume 23

Book Overview

This collection of essays--the first of its kind in English--brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The essays give a history of the movement as well as a state-of-the-art account of the literary, philosophical and cultural significance of Cynicism from antiquity to the present.

Arguably the most original and influential branch of the Socratic tradition,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520216458
• ISBN13: 9780520216457
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 465 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"