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Crates of Thebes (c. 368/365 - c. 288/285 BCE), a Hellenistic philosopher, was one of the Cynics and the teacher of Zeno of Citium. Crates was from Thebes and was a student of Diogenes of Sinope.
It is said that he lost his ample fortune owing to the Macedonian invasion, but a more probable story is that he sacrificed it in accordance with his principles, directing the banker, to whom he entrusted it, to give it to his sons if they should prove fools, but to the poor if his sons should prove philosophers.
He gave up his life to the attainment of virtue and the propagation of ascetic self-control. His habit of entering houses for this purpose, uninvited, earned him the nickname "Door-opener". He married Hipparchia, daughter of a wealthy Thracian family, who was said to have wholeheartedly taken up the Cynic lifestyle with Crates.
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Crates :: Ancient Greek
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Diogenes Laertius: Life of Crates - From Lives of the Philosophers, translated by C.D. Yonge.
The Last Attachment: A Dialogue on War and the State - An imaginary dialogue between Crates and his student Zeno, by Jan Garrett.
Wikipedia: Crates of Thebes - Entry from this openly-edited encyclopedia, including information from the 1911 Britannica.
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