Mainly based on info from “A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy” – William B. Irvine

The First Stoics

• Zeno – (333-261 BC) = the first Stoic

• started as a Cynic
  • “same” as today’s homeless
  • Antisthenes
    • pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes
  • the Cynics were renowned for their wit and wisdom
  • Diogenes (pupil of Antithenes) – the most famous Cynic
    • Bad man obey their lusts as servants obey their masters.
    • because they cannot control their desires, they can never find contentment
  • lived on the streets of Athens.. same as Sokrates
  • constantly pushing their philosophy on other people
• found to be more interested in theory than the cynics.. hence .. a combination & lifestyle & theory
  • as Socrates had done
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