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4 days ago · In 1988, after five seasons on ‘Murder She Wrote’, Tom Bosley made the decision to leave the show. The departure of his character, Sheriff Amos Tupper, left fans shocked and saddened. The reasons behind Bosley’s departure from the iconic TV series were not publicly disclosed at the time.
Cynicism (Ancient Greek: κυνισμός) is a school of thought in ancient Greek philosophy, originating in the Classical period and extending into the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods.
This introductory chapter presents the core critical-theoretical arguments of the book. I start with a fuller characterization of modern cynicism and a necessary critical account of the main features of early philosophical Cynicism from which it derives and departs.
What was the Cynic attitude towards politics? How did Cynics use the lexicon of politics? Was there a range of Cynic attitudes? Did Cynicism influence the political thought of others? Can one talk of Cynic political theory?
Mar 20, 2019 · Bosley felt that expressing ancient poetry in modern phrasing was particularly problematic. It would be dishonest to formulate the mental world of the original text through the medium of the free metre of modern poetry.
- Henni Ilomäki
- 2019
This essay examines contemporary diagnoses of cynicism, issuing from scholars such as Peter Sloterdijk, Frederic Jameson, and Slavoj Žižek, to distill a clear concept of cynicism and its social and political consequences.
Dec 1, 2005 · Times of uncertainty often breed cynicism. Disillusionment with people in high places who misuse the public’s trust erodes confidence in leaders. Given that leadership is a relationship—with credib...
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