In eight minutes, I try to explain the basics of cynical philosophy. The cynics are an interesting bunch, and none more than Diogenes himself. He is the primary example of cynicism. Their dogged devotion to their cause inspired the name of this channel. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links: Diogenes Laertius - The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers http://books.google.com/books?id=JkYzAAAAYAAJ&dq=diogenes%20laertius&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Plutarch - Morals http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23639 Julian the Apostate - orations #6 & 7 http://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=2012:6th-_vi_-oration-of-julian_to-the-uneducated-cynics http://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=2012:7th-_vii_-oration-of-julian_to-the-cynic-heracleios ------------------------------------------------------------ a good book on cynicism is William Desmond, Cynics (Berkeley: University of California press, 2008). https://amzn.to/2P09gCS ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #philosophy #cynics #history #cynicism #cynical #cynic