[ExI] cynicism

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Tue Feb 5 20:09:43 UTC 2013


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Anders Sandberg wrote:
> You are just saying that to look good.
>
> http://hanson.gmu.edu/metacynic.html
>
>

The original Greek philosophers called Cynics were, of course, not
interested in looking good.
In fact, they had much in common with early Christians. Some have
argued that the sayings attributed to Jesus were greatly influenced by
the Cynic philosophy.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_%28philosophy%29>


BillK



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