Horse: Everyone can see what a horse is
Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski, Nowe Ateny, 1745
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PugJesus@piefed.social 1 week agoMore broadly, the Cynics, whose thought was largely derived from Diogenes, believed very much in going with one’s ‘gut’, so to speak - the attempt to robustly define all things instead of intuitive understanding was, in the Cynic worldview, a fool’s undertaking! You know what a damn man is when you see it!
Horse: Everyone can see what a horse is
Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski, Nowe Ateny, 1745
nialv7@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Cynie came from an Ancient greek word that means dog. that is why Cynics are all good boys.