Monimus
Monimus of Syracuse | |
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Μόνιμος | |
Born | c. 4th century BC |
Era | Ancient philosophy |
Region | Ancient Greek philosophy |
School | Cynicism |
Main interests | Problem of the criterion |
Notable ideas | All is vanity ("typhos") |
Monimus (
Biography
According to
Philosophy
According to both Diogenes Laërtius
There is obvious truth to the Cynic Monimus' statement that 'all is opinion'; and obvious, too, is the usefulness of this statement if a man profits from it insofar as it is true.[7]
According to Stobaeus, Monimus also said that "it was better to lack sight than education, because under the first affliction, you fall to the ground, under the latter, deep underground,"[8] and he also said that "Wealth is the vomiting of Fortune."[9]
Works
According to Diogenes Laërtius, Monimus wrote two books: On Impulses, and an Exhortation to Philosophy, and he also wrote some jests mixed with serious themes[10] (presumably related to Cynic-style spoudogeloia). Another work by Monimus, A Collection of Wonderful Events, is quoted by Clement of Alexandria.[11]
Notes
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 82
- ^ a b Rankin 1983, p. 238.
- ^ vi. 82-83
- ^ Adv. Math VII 221
- ^ Sextus Empiricus, Against the Logicians, 7.88.
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 83; compare Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, ii. 15.
- ^ Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, trans. Maxwell Staniforth. §2.15
- ^ Stobaeus, Florilegium, ii. 13. 88
- ^ Stobaeus, Florilegium, iv. 31. 89
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 83
- ^ Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations, 3.1
References
- Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Vol. 2:6. Translated by Hicks, Robert Drew(Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.
- Rankin, H. D. (1983). Sophists, Socratics and Cynics. Croom Helm. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7099-2223-0. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
External links
- Media related to Monimus at Wikimedia Commons