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• Title:
  Aristotle and Diogenes the Cynic
• Creator:
  Brancacci, Aldo
• Description:
  In this paper I examine the testimonium of Aristotle’s Rhetoric concern­ing Diogenes the Cynic (SSR V B 184). This piece of evidence is the most ancient source of Diogenes and proves that Aristotle was familiar with his writings. I also study the testimonium on Diogenes that is hand­ed down by Theophrastus (SSR V B 172), which confirms the interest of the ancient Peripatos in this philosopher. Finally, I examine a passage of Book 1 of the Politics where Aristotle refers to the thesis on the aboli­tion of money. I argue that such a thesis could be ascribed to Diogenes. In particular, I attempt to demonstrate that several theses of political philosophy put forward by Diogenes should be considered as constitut­ing a polemical overthrow of the corresponding theses of Aristotle in Book 1 of his Politics.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 Aldo Brancacci
• Date:
  2020.12.23
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Articles;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  English;
  eng
• Source:
  Peitho. Examina Antiqua; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020); 67-82;
  Peitho. Examina Antiqua; Tom 11 Nr 1 (2020); 67-82;
  2082-7539
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/peitho/article/view/25896/23645
• Subject:
  Aristotle;
  Diogenes the Cynic;
  Aristotles’s Politics;
  Diogenes’ Politeia;
  nomisma
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/peitho/article/view/25896
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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  other