Monimos
Monimos ( ancient Greek Μόνιμος Mónimos , Latinized Monimus ) was an ancient Greek philosopher . He came from Syracuse , lived in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. BC and belonged to the direction of the Cynics .
Monimo's writings are lost. Only a few ancient accounts of his life and teaching have survived. The most important source is a short biography in a script by Diogenes Laertios from the 3rd century.
Life
According to Sosikrates of Rhodes, Monimos is said to have been the slave of a banker in Corinth . In order to achieve his freedom, he had faked madness. After his discharge from the banker's service, he joined Diogenes of Sinope and Krates of Thebes . As a student of Krates, Monimos may also have been acquainted with Metrokles and Bion of Borysthenes . According to the comedy writer Menander , Monimos ran around dirty like a beggar and declared all opinions to be haze. Since Menander mentions him, it can be assumed that he must have been a well-known personality in Athens . At the time the comedy was written, since Menander has spoken of him in the past, he must have left Athens or must have been dead.
Fonts
Diogenes Laertios reports that Monimos wrote several writings. He calls Über Triebe ( Perì hormṓn ), an introduction to philosophy ( Protreptikos ) and Gimmicks mixed with hidden seriousness ( paígnia spoudḗ lelēthyía memigména ).
Teaching
According to Diogenes Laertios, Monimos held the same views as his teacher Krates of Thebes. He describes his character as serious, and is said to have despised outward prestige and only strived for the truth.
According to Sextus Empiricus , Monimos represented an ontological - epistemological skepticism . He claimed that there are no criteria of truth and compared existing things with a stage design, dream images and delusions. Today, however, the accuracy of this possibly hyped report is heavily questioned.
Source editions and translations
expenditure
- Gabriele Giannantoni (Ed.): Socratis et Socraticorum Reliquiae , Volume 2, Bibliopolis, Naples 1990, Section VG ( online )
Translations
- 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. 225-227.
literature
- Klaus Döring : Monimos . In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity , Volume 2/1, Schwabe, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7965-1036-1 , pp. 302–304
- Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé: Monime de Syracuse. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques . Volume 4, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-271-06386-8 , pp. 549-552
Footnotes
- ^ Diogenes Laertios, Lives and Teachings of Famous Philosophers 6:82.
- ↑ a b Klaus Döring: Monimos . In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy. The philosophy of antiquity , Volume 2/1, Schwabe, Basel 1998, pp. 302–304, here: p. 303.
- ↑ See Diogenes Laertios, Life and Teachings of Famous Philosophers 6,83.
- ↑ Diogenes Laertios, Life and Teachings of Famous Philosophers 6: 82-83.
- ↑ Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos (Against the Scientists) 7,87-88 and 8,5.
- ^ Klaus Döring: Monimos . In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy. The philosophy of antiquity , Volume 2/1, Schwabe, Basel 1998, pp. 302–304, here: pp. 303–304.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Monimos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monimus Syracuse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Cynic philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Syracuse |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |