Search results for "Cynicism" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Cynicism faded in popularity as Stoicism took hold, partly because ... Crates, the third major proponent of Cynicism, is credited with teaching ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 06:54, 12 January 2024
- work is that he formed the link between Cynicism and the Stoics, Zeno of ... *Dudley, D. R. A History of Cynicism: From Diogenes to the Sixth Century ...7 KB (1,133 words) - 06:16, 11 January 2024
- also credits Antisthenes with founding Cynicism, saying, “From Socrates ... * Dudley, D. R. 1937. A History of Cynicism from Diogenes to the 6th ...8 KB (1,244 words) - 06:38, 31 July 2023
- His own plays from this decade reveal a somewhat mellowed cynicism ... Middleton's plays are characterized by their cynicism about the ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- with establishing the tradition of Cynicism that was carried on by Crates ... *Dudley, D. R. A History of Cynicism from Diogenes to the 6th Century ...13 KB (2,126 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- heroism with sincere vigorousness rather than cynicism. Moreover, Alcaeus' mastery of ancient Greek meter is undisputed, and from a purely technical ...8 KB (1,188 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- heroism and the glories of combat. Despite his cynicism, Archilochus was by all accounts an accomplished soldier. This dual aspect of his personality ...8 KB (1,240 words) - 06:18, 12 August 2023
- Zeno of Citium (The Stoic) (sometime called Zeno Apathea) (333 – 264 B.C.E.) is known as the founder of the Stoic school of Hellenistic philosophy ...9 KB (1,466 words) - 05:48, 13 June 2023
- religion itself. His often considerable cynicism in these matters should ... him). There was, however, more than mere cynicism in his position. Voltaire’s ...27 KB (4,100 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- people found very appealing. Beneath an apparent cynicism and frivolity, he hid a strong feeling of patriotism to his country and loyalty to the emperor ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- in the 1880s and 1890s, including ennui, cynicism, and pessimism, but paradoxically also a millenarian hope and optimism that a "new age ...28 KB (4,018 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2024
- German, a Jew, and a Pole. This dark vision of cynicism, illustrating the bestial qualities of men and the law of the jungle, where ethics, noble ideas ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 23:19, 17 May 2023
- *Cynicism *Epicureanism *Hedonism *Eclecticism *Neo-Platonism *Skepticism *Stoicism *Sophism ===Philosophers during Roman times=== ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- outcomes for human enterprises, that is, cynicism and pessimism (Keeton, 1962). ... or philosophical, involved a good dose of cynicism as well. This form of skepticism ...31 KB (4,697 words) - 22:44, 29 January 2023
- images, an elementary exercise whose healthy cynicism won't do anyone any harm," Berio tells interviewer Rossana Dalmonte, in what reads like ...14 KB (2,188 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- and in later life lacked the religious cynicism of royal contemporaries such as Frederick II of Prussia. Her conservative outlook involved an ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- the restored monarchy with a mixture of cynicism, idealism and regret. By ... preface to La peau de chagrin, but the cynicism grew less as his oeuvre ...30 KB (4,901 words) - 13:28, 2 February 2024
- subvert the text's carefully outlined cynicism/defeatism: "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 07:26, 17 November 2023
- Reason: Between Scientism and Cynicism. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2003. ISBN 9781591021179 *Moreland, J.P. [1989] 1999. Christianity and ...22 KB (3,110 words) - 02:36, 21 April 2023
- Bruno Bauer (September 6, 1809 – April 13, 1882), was a German theologian, philosopher, and historian. Bauer was associated with the Young ...21 KB (3,103 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
