Antiszthenész idézet
Antiszthenész
Születési dátum: 444 i.e.
Halál dátuma: 365 i.e.
Antiszthenész , [forrás?] görög filozófus volt, a cinikus iskola megalapítója. Tanításának középpontjában a fennálló rend teljes tagadása, a lemondáson, önmegtartóztatáson alapuló erény dicsérete áll.
Idézetek Antiszthenész
„It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.“
§ 3; quoted also by Marcus Aurelius, vii. 36
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Eredeti: (el) ἀκούσας ποτὲ ὅτι Πλάτων αὐτὸν κακῶς λέγει, “βασιλικόν,” ἔφη, “καλῶς ποιοῦντα κακῶς ἀκούειν.”
„Virtue is the same for a man and for a woman.“
§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Eredeti: (el) ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς ἡ αὐτὴ ἀρετή.
„When he was asked what advantage had accrued to him from philosophy, his answer was, “The ability to hold converse with myself.”“
§ 4
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Eredeti: (el) ἐρωτηθεὶς τί αὐτῷ περιγέγονεν ἐκ φιλοσοφίας, ἔφη, “τὸ δύνασθαι ἑαυτῷ ὁμιλεῖν.”
„One should attend to one's enemies, for they are the first persons to detect one's errors.“
§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Eredeti: (el) προσέχειν τοῖς ἐχθροῖς· πρῶτοι γὰρ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων αἰσθάνονται.
