The History of Philosophy From Thales to Comte, volume 1
The History of Philosophy From Thales to Comte, volume 1
Lewes George Henry
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t See Xenofuom : Banquet, Digitized by VjOOQ IC 190 THE CYNICS. a stick hard, enough to conquer my perseverance.' Anti- sthenes, overcome, accepted him as a pupU. To live a life of virtue was henceforward his sole aim- That virtue was Cynicism. It consisted in the complete renunciation of all luxury — the subjugation of all sensual desires. It was a war carried on by the Mind against the Body. As with the Ascetics of a later day, the basis of a pure life was thought to be the annihilation of th...e Body ; the nearer any one approached to such a suicide, the nearer he was to the ideal of virtue. The Body was vile, filthy, degraded, and degrading ; it was the curse of man ; it was the clog upon the free development of Mind ; it was vnrestled yrith, hated, and despised. This beautiful Body, so richly endowed for enjoyment, was regarded as the ^sink of all iniquity.' Accordingly, Diogenes limited his desires to necessities. He ate little ; and what he ate was of the coarsest. He tried to live upon raw meat and unboiled vegetables ; but failed* His dress consisted solely of a cloak : when he asked Anti- sthenes for a shirt, he was told to fold his cloak in two ; he did so.
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