Antisthenes Quotes
Cities are ruined when they were unable to distinguish worthless citizens from virtuous ones.
Antisthenes, ~ 444 BC - 371 BC, Greek Philosopher, Quoted in Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: Book VI: The Cynics
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Antisthenes (/ænˈtɪsθɪniːz/; Greek: Ἀντισθένης; c. 446 – c. 366 BC) 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. Later writers regarded him as the founder of Cynic philosophy.
