Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic

In Diogenes the Cynic, Jean-Manuel Roubineau presents a moving and authoritative portrait of one of the most idealized and mocked intellectuals in antiquity.

List of contents

• Foreword


• Introduction


• 1. Diogenes, Foreigner


• 2. Rich as Diogenes


• 3. Diogenes, or the Proper Use of the Body


• 4. Diogenes, Mentor


• Acknowledgements

About the author

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 Studies at New York University.

Summary

In Diogenes the Cynic, Jean-Manuel Roubineau presents a moving and authoritative portrait of one of the most idealized and mocked intellectuals in antiquity.

Additional text

Present[s] Diogenes in an engaging, accessible, and yet erudite manner.

Product details

• Authors: Editor, Jean-Manuel Roubineau
• Assisted by: Phillip Mitsis (Editor), Mitsis Phillip (Editor), Phillip Mitsis (Foreword), Malcolm Debevoise (Translation), DeBevoise Malcolm (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780197666357
• ISBN: 978-0-19-766635-7
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500