What we call cynicism today is a distant and desolate relative of Cynicism, a philosophy founded in ancient Greece that flourished under the Roman Empire. As a school of thought, it has as much in ...

The philosophical school of Cynicism was founded in the 4th century BC in ancient Greece. The Cynics used to call themselves dog-like people, plainly meaning that they opposed every way of ...

An ancient river could see the light of day again ... The River Ilisos was mentioned by Plato, and saw philosophers from Socrates to the Cynics teach on its banks. But it was paved over as ...