Antisthenes
Antisthenes
Antistheneswas a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. Antisthenes first learned rhetoric under Gorgias before becoming an ardent disciple of Socrates. He adopted and developed the ethical side of Socrates' teachings, advocating an ascetic life lived in accordance with virtue. Later writers regarded him as the founder of Cynic philosophy...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
truth life-lesson healing
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
kind unlearn
Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.
love friendship dream
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.
privilege royal ill
It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.
clarity investigation communicate
The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.
strong brother sibling
When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.
mad pleasure feels
I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.
happiness lying men
Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.
fall crow alive
It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead , in the other case while alive .
men good-man states
States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.
unlearn
How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.
inspirational enemy firsts
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
learning evil unlearn
The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil.
lying soul opulence
To all my friends without distinction I am ready to display my opulence: come one, come all; and whosoever likes to take a share is welcome to the wealth that lies within my soul.