The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic

by Jean-Manuel Roubineau

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197666353
• ISBN13: 9780197666357
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"