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290 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520258617
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 28 October 2008
Description
Far from being pessimistic or nihilistic, as modern uses of the term cynic suggest, the ancient Cynics were astonishingly optimistic regarding human nature. They believed that if one simplified one's life--giving up all unnecessary possessions, de...
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290 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520258617
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 28 October 2008
Description
Far from being pessimistic or nihilistic, as modern uses of the term cynic suggest, the ancient Cynics were astonishingly optimistic regarding human nature. They believed that if one simplified one's life--giving up all unnecessary possessions, de...