ἔλεγέ τε συνεχές, “μανείην μᾶλλον ἢ ἡσθείην.” - Antisthenes

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ἔλεγέ τε συνεχές, “μανείην μᾶλλον ἢ ἡσθείην.”

Antisthenes

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About Antisthenes

Antisthenes (Greek: Ἀντισθένης; c. 445 – c. 365 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates, and founder of the Cynic school.

Native Name: Ἀντισθένης

Alternative Names: Antisthenes of Athens

Originators like Antisthenes:

It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.

ἀκούσας ποτὲ ὅτι Πλάτων αὐτὸν κακῶς λέγει, “βασιλικόν,” ἔφη, “καλῶς ποιοῦντα κακῶς ἀκούειν.”

ἐρωτηθεὶς τί αὐτῷ περιγέγονεν ἐκ φιλοσοφίας, ἔφη, “τὸ δύνασθαι ἑαυτῷ ὁμιλεῖν.”