Philosopher

Bion of Borysthenes

Overview

Bion of Borysthenes (Greek: Βίων Βορυσθενίτης; c. 325 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek philosopher. After being sold into slavery, and then released, he moved to Athens, where he studied in almost every school of philosophy. It is, however, for his Cynic-style diatribes that he is chiefly remembered. He satirized the foolishness of people, attacked religion, and eulogized philosophy.

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Philosophers who discussed Bion of Borysthenes

• Crates of Athens
• Teles of Megara

Ideas Bion of Borysthenes discusses

• Athens
• Theodorus the Atheist
• Atheism
• Xenocrates
• Eduard Zeller
• Cynicism (philosophy)
• Astrology
• Platonism
• Platonic Academy
• Plutarch
• Menippus
• Philodemus
• Cyrenaics
• Rhodes
• Slavery
• Black Sea
• Religious skepticism
• Greco-Roman mysteries
• Eratosthenes
• Sophist
• Strabo
• Peripatetic school
• Cicero
• Ancient Greece

Place in the tradition

Part of Cynicism (philosophy).

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