Cynicism

Philosophy·Founded c. 400 BCE·No longer practised

Cynicism → 1 branch

Branch

Core Tenets

2 — a sample of the center, never the sum Part of Belief →
The shared center — held across the tradition
Custom is counterfeit currency. Nomisma means both the money and the convention — property, rank, marriage, citizenship, the shame that keeps people indoors. All of it was struck by someone, and none of it is worth its face value. Go deeper — context & 1 source →
Virtue is enough, and everything else is weight. Diogenes threw away his cup after watching a child drink from cupped hands — not a gesture but an audit, one item off a list he was trying to empty. Go deeper — context →
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