Cynicism And Christianity In Antiquity
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Author | : Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2019-08-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1467456675 |
Was Jesus a Cynic? Cynicism and Christianity in Antiquity is a literary tour de force analyzing and refuting the hypothesis that Jesus was a Cynic. Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé examines the arguments submitted by some New Testament scholars who believe that Jesus and his disciples were influenced by the ethics and social behaviors of itinerant Cynic preachers. In examining the “Cynic Jesus hypothesis,” Goulet-Cazé offers a reliable, accessible, and fully documented summary of Cynicism and its ideas, from Diogenes to the Imperial Period, and she investigates the extent and nature of contact between Cynics and Jewish people, especially between 100 BCE and 100 CE. While recognizing similarities between the ideas and morals of ancient Cynicism and those evident in early Christian movements, Goulet-Cazé identifies more significant, fundamental differences between them in culture, theology, and worldview.
Author | : Robert Bracht Branham |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520204492 |
This collection of essays--the first of its kind in English--brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The essays give a history of the movement as well as a state-of-the-art account of the literary, philosophical and cultural significance of Cynicism from antiquity to the present. Arguably the most original and influential branch of the Socratic tradition, Cynicism has become the focus of renewed scholarly interest in recent years, thanks to the work of Sloterdijk, Foucault, and Bakhtin, among others. The contributors to this volume--classicists, comparatists, and philosophers--draw on a variety of methodologies to explore the ethical, social and cultural practices inspired by the Cynics. The volume also includes an introduction, appendices, and an annotated bibliography, making it a valuable resource for a broad audience.
Author | : Francis Gerald Downing |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780567096135 |
This study shows that the wealth of parallels between the Jesus tradition and popular Cynicism suggest that Cynicism has been an important element in Christianity from the earliest days.
Author | : William Desmond |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2014-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317492862 |
Once regarded as a minor Socratic school, Cynicism is now admired as one of the more creative and influential philosophical movements in antiquity. First arising in the city-states of late classical Greece, Cynicism thrived through the Hellenistic and Roman periods, until the triumph of Christianity and the very end of pagan antiquity. In every age down to the present, its ideals of radical simplicity and freedom have alternately inspired and disturbed onlookers. This book offers a survey of Cynicism, its varied representatives and ideas, and the many contexts in which it operated. William Desmond introduces important ancient Cynics and their times, from Diogenes 'the Dog' in the fourth century BC to Sallustius in the fifth century AD. He details the Cynics' rejection of various traditional customs and the rebellious life-style for which they are notorious.The central chapters locate major Cynic themes (nature and the natural life, Fortune, self-sufficiency, cosmopolitanism) within the rich matrix of ideas debated by the ancient schools. The final chapter reviews some moments in the diverse legacy of Cynicism, from Jesus to Nietzsche.
Author | : R. Bracht Branham |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2023-07-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0520921984 |
This collection of essays—the first of its kind in English—brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The essays give a history of the movement as well as a state-of-the-art account of the literary, philosophical and cultural significance of Cynicism from antiquity to the present. Arguably the most original and influential branch of the Socratic tradition, Cynicism has become the focus of renewed scholarly interest in recent years, thanks to the work of Sloterdijk, Foucault, and Bakhtin, among others. The contributors to this volume—classicists, comparatists, and philosophers—draw on a variety of methodologies to explore the ethical, social and cultural practices inspired by the Cynics. The volume also includes an introduction, appendices, and an annotated bibliography, making it a valuable resource for a broad audience.
Author | : Everett Ferguson |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780802822215 |
New to this expanded & updated edition are revisions of Ferguson's original material, updated bibliographies, & a fresh dicussion of first century social life, the Dead Sea Scrolls & much else.
Author | : Diogenes of Sinope |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0141939303 |
'Poverty does not consist in the want of money,' I answered, 'nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through violent means if necessary' From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the Cynic philosophers sought to cure humanity of greed and vice with their proposal of living simply. They guaranteed happiness to their adherents through freedom of speech, poverty, self-sufficiency and physical hardiness. In this fascinating and completely new collection of Cynic writing through the centuries, from Diogenes and Hipparchia, to Lucian and the Roman emperor Julian, the history and experiences of the Cynic philosophers are explored to the full. Robert Dobbin's introduction examines the public image of the Cynics through the ages, as well as the philosophy's contradictions and how their views on women were centuries ahead of their time. This edition also includes notes on the text, chronology, glossary and suggested further reading. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Robert Dobbin
Author | : Frances Roseuvir |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 2017-09-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781977851055 |
The Gospel According to Dog - The Good News of Ancient Cynicism is an encyclopedia comprised of texts, definitions, and images to provide a comprehensive picture of Ancient Cynicism. It provides a survey of Ancient Cynicism as it emerged from Mythology, Rhetoric, and Philosophy into a movement that spread throughout the Hellenic and then the Roman world. Only with the eclipse of antiquity in the 5th Century CE did Ancient Cynicism conclude.The Ancient Cynics believed in living in accordance with Nature. Only by living this way can a person develop Virtue. There are unavoidable consequences to this view, namely that all human conventions become antithetical to Virtue and must be avoided.Amongst the most influential of Cynics were Antisthenes, Diogenes, Crates, and Menippus. Each preached the need for poverty, self-sufficiency, shamelessness, and personal austerity. Moreover, the Cynics were well-known for their acerbic wit and promotion of freedom of speech.The Gospel According to Dog is an excellent resource for many fields such as Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Stoicism, Comedy, and Biography.The Gospel According to Dog - The Good News of Ancient Cynicism is intended to be a reference book. The author does not claim content originality except insofar as the organization of the work.
Author | : Helen Small |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2020-06-29 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0198861931 |
Cynicism is usually seen as a provocative mode of dissent from conventional moral thought, casting doubt on the motives that guide right conduct. When critics today complain that it is ubiquitous but lacks the serious bite of classical Cynicism, they express concern that it can now only be corrosively negative. The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time takes a more balanced view. Re-evaluating the role of cynicism in literature, cultural criticism, and philosophy from 1840 to the present, it treats cynic confrontationalism as a widely-employed credibility-check on the promotion of moral ideals--with roots in human psychology. Helen Small investigates how writers have engaged with Cynic traditions of thought, and later more gestural styles of cynicism, to re-calibrate dominant moral values, judgements of taste, and political agreements. The argument develops through a series of cynic challenges to accepted moral thinking: Friedrich Nietzsche on morality; Thomas Carlyle v. J. S. Mill on the permissible limits of moral provocation; Arnold on the freedom of criticism; George Eliot and Ford Madox Ford on cosmopolitanism; Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, and Laura Kipnis on the conditions of work in the university. The Function of Cynicism treats topics of present-day public concern: abrasive styles of public argument; debasing challenges to conventional morality; free speech, moral controversialism; the authority of reason and the limits of that authority; nationalism and resistance to nationalism; and liberty of expression as a core principle of the university.
Author | : James A. Arieti |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780742533288 |
Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction--an intellectual history of the ancient world from the eighth century B.C.E. to the fifth century C.E., from Homer to Boethius--describes and evaluates ancient thought in its cultural setting, showing how it affected and was affected by that setting. The greatest philosophers (Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine) and cultural figures (Homer, Euripides, Thucydides, Archimedes) and a number of lesser ones (Hesiod, Posidonius, Basil) receive careful description and evaluation. Philosophy in the Ancient World is ideally suited as a supplement for undergraduate courses in Ancient Philosophy and the History of Philosophy in the West.