Antisthenes
Antisthenes was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. Antisthenes first learned rhetoric under Gorgias before becoming an ardent disciple of Socrates. He adopted and developed the ethical side of Socrates' teachings, advocating an ascetic life lived in accordance with virtue.
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Trending topics shown first"Diogenes Laërtius, Life of Antisthenes, translated by Robert Drew Hicks"
"As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion."
"It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive."
"Antisthenes ... was asked on one occasion what learning was the most necessary, and he replied, "To unlearn one's bad habits."
"Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes."
"I have enough to eat till my hunger is stayed, to drink till my thirst is sated; to clothe myself withal; and out of doors not Callias there, with all his riches, is more safe than I from shivering; a…"
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