Hipparchia of Maroneia

Cynic philosopher

Hipparchia of Maroneia is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.

The record lists Hipparchia of Maroneia as Cynic philosopher.

Hipparchia of Maroneia was born at Maroneia in -349.

Philosophy then was taught in person and preserved by students; what survives often reaches us through the summaries of opponents.

The recorded fields of work are philosophy and cynicism.

A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.

Hipparchia of Maroneia died in -279, aged 70. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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