In the history of political thought, Cynics are often regarded as the first anarchists, because they regarded the destruction of the state-which, owing to its hierarchical nature, was the cause of a plethora of misfortunes-as the only salvation for the human species.

Crates of Thebes and some Cynics of the Roman era opted for milder ways of expressing their indifference to material goods-namely, by endorsing redistribution of wealth or generous donations of personal property to the needy. They stressed the private individual's search for happiness, satisfaction of animal gratification and turned up their noses to social convention and material possessions.Ĭharilaos Platanakis wrote for Encyclopædia Britannica: “Membership in the Cynic fellowship entailed free access to, but not ownership of, material goods, as well as acceptance of stealing and begging. The Cynics are said to have been founded by Antisthenes (445- 360 B.C.) a disciple of Socrates, but Diogenes of Sinope is regarded as the voice and embodiment of the movement’s viewpoint and ideas.

They gave us the words cynical and cynics They even went as far as urinating and shitting in public as a kind of performance art. They dressed is shabby clothes, begged for spare change and taunted sports fans when they left the stadiums. The Cynics were created after the death of Socrates in 339 B.C.

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