The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jean-Manuel Roubineau, Malcolm Debevoise, Phillip Mitsis (Editor)Publish date:2023-05-30Pages:152
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197666357ISBN-10:197666353UPC:9780197666357Book Category:Philosophy, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, PhilosophersBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.29 x 5.84 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SCVKDVQ26V
The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197666357ISBN-10:197666353UPC:9780197666357Book Category:Philosophy, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, PhilosophersBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.29 x 5.84 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SCVKDVQ26V
Jean-Manuel Roubineau is a specialist in ancient history. He previously published Milon de Crotone ou l'Invention du Sport and Les cités grecques, winner of the European History Book Prize in 2016. Phillip Mitsis is Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization, Professor of Classics and Hellenic Studies, and affiliated Professor of Philosophy and Medieval and Renaissance...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Contributor(s)
Jean-Manuel Roubineau, Malcolm Debevoise, Phillip Mitsis (Editor)
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