Daniel Pereira de Melo

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Antisthenes was not just a Socratic, he was a proto-Cynic. He wore his poverty like a badge of honor, claiming it was true wealth. He said it is better to be insane than to feel pleasure. The rejection of wealth and pleasure is a hallmark of Cynicism.
Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #2)
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