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
„Once, when he was applauded by rascals, he remarked, "I am horribly afraid I have done something wrong."“
§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
„Count all wickedness foreign and alien.“
§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Eredeti: (el) τὰ πονηρὰ νόμιζε πάντα ξενικά.
„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.
„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.”
„Ill repute is a good thing and much the same as pain.“
§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Eredeti: (el) τήν τ᾿ ἀδοξίαν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἴσον τῷ πόνῳ
„States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.“
§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
