Anecdotes of the Cynics by Anon

Anecdotes of the Cynics

Anon with Robert F. Dobbin (Translator)

64 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics historical philosophy informative fast-paced

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'It's you who are the dogs...' What makes us happy? For over 800 years the Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome argued that the answer lay in a simple, self-sufficient life. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics ser...

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informative 71%
reflective 71%
funny 28%
inspiring 28%
adventurous 14%
challenging 14%
lighthearted 14%

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medium 14%

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