Hey /philosophy/!
I wanted to create a thread on the school of Cynicism. I've also found this particular school to be interesting, because it's linked to Socrates through Antisthenes. Now, Antisthenes is regarded generally as the founder of Cynicism.
He believed strongly in virtue, and in avoiding excess pleasure. It's said Diogenes of Sinope followed him around a bit, but that is still disputed. What is true, however, is that Diogenes definitely took the school of thought a little more to the extreme. While he agreed with Antisthenes' conclusion on virtue, his sense of ascetic propriety was to the point that he virtually trolled everyone around him with his devotion to simply live his philosophy.
There have been many other people who have influenced virtue, including Epictetus, who later influenced Marcus Aurelius, and from there we've seen different perspectives on it.
What are your thoughts on the school? Is it a viable one? Is it compatible with the current world? And if so, why?