Ideas from 'fragments/reports' by Crates (Theb) [325 BCE], by Theme Structure
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy
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Crates lived in poverty, and treated his whole life as a joke
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Full Idea:
Crates, with his bag and threadbare cloak, spent his whole life laughing and joking as though he were on holiday.
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From:
report of Crates (Theb) (fragments/reports [c.325 BCE]) by Plutarch - 30: Quiet of Mind 266e
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A reaction:
Crates sounds a little less alarming than Diogenes, while living a similar life. Was Crates the first ancestor of post-modernism?
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
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Everyone should study philosophy until they see all people in the same light
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Full Idea:
A man should study philosophy up to the point of looking on generals and donkey-drivers in the same light.
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From:
report of Crates (Theb) (fragments/reports [c.325 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 06.Cr.9
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A reaction:
This seems to reject Aristote's idea that some people are clearly superior to others.
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