Meaning Of The Word Antisthenes

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Antisthenes in American English
444?-365? b.c.; Gr. philosopher; founder of Cynicism

Antisthenes in British English
noun: ?445–365 bc, Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic school, who taught that the only good was virtue, won by self-control and independence from worldly needs

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