Allotria
Allotria ( ancient Greek allótria , "strange, not relevant things") stands in the Greek philosophy of the Cynics and the Stoa for everything that distracts people from their own, authentic, idion , and basically does not concern them , for example property, Fame, power, suffering, disease and passions. In addition, Allotria means something like fun or amusing nonsense . In contrast to practical jokes , however, no pranks are played on other people.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden, Volume 7, Dudenverlag Mannheim, 1963, ISBN 3411009071 , page 20.
- ↑ Georg Luck (ed.): The wisdom of dogs. Texts of the ancient Cynics in German translation with explanations (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 484). Kröner, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-520-48401-3 , pp. 14, 17.