Diogenes the Cynic
by Navia, Luis E
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1591023203
- ISBN 13
- 9781591023203
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About This Item
Amherst, New York: Humanity Books / Prometheus Books. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (2005). Softcover. 1591023203 . Underlining on several pages, mainly in Chapter One. Some creasing to spine. ; 260 pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 210 x 134mm. Contents: Preface; A Biographical Portrait; The Rhetoric of Cynicism; Diogenes' Metamorphosis; The Philosophy of Cynicism; The Presence of Diogenes; Appendix - Diogenes Laertius: The Life of Diogenes of Sinope; Bibliography (15 pages); Index of Names. "Diogenes the Cynic: The strangest philosopher in the history of ideaas, the man who turned himself ina dog and who chose to live in a tub, the intolerable clown who shocked his contemporaries with every imaginable act of unrestrained shamelessness and who became known as a 'Socrates gone mad.' Who was this peculiar character from distant Sinope who lived among the Athenians and Corinthians with perfect impunity twenty-three centuries ago?" - from blurb on rear cover. .
Synopsis
Luis E. Navia (Westbury, NY), professor of philosophy and chair of the Social Sciences Department at New York Institute of Technology, is the author of many books on ancient philosophy, including Socratic Testimonies, Antisthenes of Athens, and The Adventure of Philosophy.
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25300
- Title
- Diogenes the Cynic
- Author
- Navia, Luis E
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1591023203
- ISBN 13
- 9781591023203
- Publisher
- Humanity Books / Prometheus Books
- Place of Publication
- Amherst, New York
- Date Published
- (2005)
- Keywords
- 1591023203, Philosophy
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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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