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4 Reddit comments about The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian (Penguin Classics):

u/PandoraSymbionte · 4 pointsr/askphilosophy

You might find useful to put him against his background of the time, his 'school' of the cynics.
Currently reading this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cynic-Philosophers-Diogenes-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141192224/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525163222&sr=8-1&keywords=the+cynic+philosophers

If you find this interesting, also check the 'evolution' of this thought over time with the epicureans and stoics.
Because these doctrines are so old, you can take a lot of reading people who rework and reuse many of these ideas in our time, developing them better to our problems and way of life.

u/cleverfuckinusername · 3 pointsr/childfree

This is the book:

The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian (Penguin Classics) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0141192224/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_eU5Sm5QBtzTC9

u/SakishimaHabu · 2 pointsr/Stoicism

In the introduction to [The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian (Penguin Classics)] (https://www.amazon.com/Cynic-Philosophers-Diogenes-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141192224) the author also mentions this in passing.

u/nautilius87 · 2 pointsr/ancientgreece

We have fragments and pretty good knowledge of their doctrines. http://www.amazon.com/The-Cynic-Philosophers-Diogenes-Classics/dp/0141192224