Athenian philosopher, student of Socrates, generally regarded as the founder or forerunner of Cynicism, who argued for virtue as the sole good and radical self-sufficiency.
Virtue is sufficient for happiness; external goods (wealth, honor, pleasure) are neither good nor bad; the philosopher must be self-sufficient and indifferent to convention. Rejected Plato's universal Forms — only concrete particulars exist.
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