Dio Сhrysostom: Rhetorician on Philosophy
Vitold T. ZvirevichYear: 2014
UDK: 1(091)
Pages: 124-128
Language: russian
Section: The world of Culture: subjects, institutions, practices
Keywords: diatribe, mission of philosophy, philosophy of Cynics, philosophical eloquence.
Abstract
The article presents the author’s translation from the ancient Greek of «On Philosophy» dialogue by Dio Chrysostom. In the dialogue Dio condemns a pseudo-philosophical sophistical idea of philosophy and convinces the reader that true philosophy cannot be reconciled to any vice; it turns a man away from ignominious and wicked behavior.