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    Crates (Greek: Κράτης ὁ Θηβαῖος; c. 365 – c. 285 BC) of Thebes was a Greek Cynic philosopher, the principal pupil of Diogenes of Sinope and the husband...
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    public demonstrations of non-conformity, coming to be seen as the archetypal Cynic philosopher. He was followed by Crates of Thebes, who gave away a large...
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    power at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, bringing decisive victory to Philip II over an alliance of Thebes and Athens. Thebes was a major force in...
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    Diogenes (redirect from Diogenes of sinope)
    date of neither man can be verified. Along with Antisthenes and Crates of Thebes, Diogenes is considered one of the founders of Cynicism. The ideas of Diogenes...
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    brother, Metrocles, became a pupil of the Cynic philosopher Crates of Thebes. Hipparchia fell in love with Crates, and developed such a passion for him...
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    Stilpo (category Wikipedia articles incorporating the template Lives of the Eminent Philosophers)
    a Greek philosopher of the Megarian school. He was a contemporary of Theophrastus, Diodorus Cronus, and Crates of Thebes. None of his writings survive...
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    follower of Crates of Thebes, who married Metrocles’ sister Hipparchia. Very little survives of his writings, but he is important as one of the first...
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    Stoicism (redirect from Ethics of Stoicism)
    the risk of the philosophy becoming a cult of personality. Zeno's ideas developed from those of the Cynics (brought to him by Crates of Thebes), whose...
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    Cynic epistles (category Collections of letters)
    of letters are a set of 51 letters attributed to Diogenes of Sinope, and a set of 36 letters attributed to Crates of Thebes. Most of the letters of Diogenes...
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  • Category:Cynic philosophers. List of ancient Greek philosophers List of ancient Platonists List of Epicurean philosophers List of Stoic philosophers Lives &...
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