Wine Jar Cynics

In this episode we discuss and debate the first true cynic. A man who was truly the top dog of his trade. Or so we're told. There's a man, a myth and a legend. Today we discuss who was this man? Who was the man with the ragged cloak and a cutting wit? A man talked about over 2000 years later?

Sources

-Prof. K Von Fritz of Columbia University

-Dr. Eduard Schwartz

-D.R Dudley, A History of Cynicism, from Diogenes to the Sixth Century A.D (1937)

-Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

-Dr.Charles Theodore Seltman of Cambridge Philological Society

Originally, we wanted to do the history of Cynicism, but we realized 2,000 years worth of Cynic history is not feasible in a few episodes. So, we decided to dicuss the development of the ideas of Cynicism (pre-Diogenes)

Dio and Gene have a dialogue and share anecdotes about modern pejorative cynicism while also referencing classical/old Cynicism.

Modern cynicism is not the same as classical/old cynicism. The only thing they share in common is the idea that people are self interested and motivated by their self interest.

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