Antisthenes z Atén citáty

Antisthenes z Atén bol starogrécky filozof, Sokratov žiak, zakladateľ kynickej školy. Prednášal v aténskom gymnasione Kynosarges, určenom pre neplnoprávnych občanov. Sofistickú antitézu zákon-príroda použil ako teoretický základ kritiky vtedajšej civilizácie. Ako senzualista odmietal Platónovo učenie o ideách. Wikipedia  

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“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”

§ 12
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Once, when he was applauded by rascals, he remarked, "I am horribly afraid I have done something wrong."”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Being asked what learning is the most necessary, he replied, "How to get rid of having anything to unlearn."”

§ 7
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Count all wickedness foreign and alien.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“It is better to fight with a few good men against all the wicked, than with many wicked men against a few good men.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.”

§ 3; quoted also by Eusebius of Caesarea, Praeparatio Evangelica xv. 13
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Ill repute is a good thing and much the same as pain.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Antisthenes … was asked on one occasion what learning was the most necessary, and he replied, "To unlearn one's bad habits."”

§ 4
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“One should attend to one's enemies, for they are the first persons to detect one's errors.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Virtue is the same for a man and for a woman.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.”

§ 3; quoted also by Marcus Aurelius, vii. 36
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius