Cynicism

<h1>The Cynics</h1>

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<p>Cynicism as a School of Thought does not necessarily mean what we assume, in its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(contemporary)">modern meaning</a> of being jaded, etc. The term "cynic" itself derives from the Greek word &kappa;&upsilon;&nu;&iota;&kappa;ό&sigmaf;, <em>kynikos</em>, "dog-like" and that from &kappa;ύ&omega;&nu;, <em>ky&ocirc;n</em>, "dog" (genitive: <em>kynos</em>). (Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Diogenes believed human beings live artificially and hypocritically and would do well to study the dog. Besides performing natural body functions in public with ease, a dog will eat anything, and make no fuss about where to sleep. Dogs live in the present without anxiety, and have no use for the pretensions of abstract philosophy. In addition to these virtues, dogs are thought to know instinctively who is friend and who is foe. (Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Diogenes' pupil Zeno founded <a class="thought-link" href="brain://fVG8KcE9m0OF87UvTJlDyw/Stoicism">Stoicism</a>.</p>

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