Cynic school
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The Cynic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement that advocated for a life of virtue in accordance with nature, rejecting conventional desires for wealth, power, and social status.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cynic school canonical | 4 |
| Cynic philosophers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cynic school Context triple: [Antisthenes, associatedWith, Cynic school]
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Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
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Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
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Spinozism
Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
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Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cynic school Target entity description: The Cynic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement that advocated for a life of virtue in accordance with nature, rejecting conventional desires for wealth, power, and social status.
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A.
Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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B.
Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
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C.
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
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D.
Spinozism
Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
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Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical movement
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philosophical school ⓘ |
| attitudeTowardInstitutions |
critique of marriage and family conventions
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critique of political institutions ⓘ |
| attitudeTowardPossessions | embrace of poverty ⓘ |
| attitudeTowardReligion | skepticism toward traditional religious practices ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
anaideia (shamelessness) in defiance of convention
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askēsis (ascetic training) ⓘ autarkeia (self-sufficiency) ⓘ living in accordance with nature ⓘ parrhesia (frank speech) ⓘ rejection of conventional desires for power ⓘ rejection of conventional desires for social status ⓘ rejection of conventional desires for wealth ⓘ virtue is the only good ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| ethicalFocus |
freedom from passion and possession
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simplicity of life ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| etymology | name derived from Greek "kynikos" meaning dog-like ⓘ |
| founder | Antisthenes ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Classical Greece
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Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| inception | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic philosophy
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Stoic school ⓘ
linked to:
Stoicism
Zeno of Citium ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antisthenes
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Socrates ⓘ Socratic philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy |
model for later radical social criticism
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precursor to Stoic ethics ⓘ |
| notablePhilosopher |
Crates of Thebes
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Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ Hipparchia of Maroneia ⓘ Metrocles of Maroneia ⓘ Monimus of Syracuse ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Cynicism ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Athens ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
asceticism
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cosmopolitanism ⓘ minimalism in lifestyle ⓘ |
| symbol | dog ⓘ |
| teachingMethod |
dialogue and satire
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public example and performance ⓘ |
| viewOnConvention | social conventions are often contrary to nature ⓘ |
| viewOnSociety | civilization corrupts natural virtue ⓘ |
| viewOnVirtue | virtue is sufficient for happiness ⓘ |
| viewOnWealth | wealth is indifferent or harmful to virtue ⓘ |
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linked to: Cynic school