Ancient · c. 365–285 BC
Who influenced Crates of Thebes?
Influences and legacy
The Cynic who gave away a fortune to live in poverty — and married the like-minded Hipparchia.
Crates of Thebes was influenced by Diogenes of Sinope, and went on to influence Hipparchia and Zeno of Citium. That is 3 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Crates of Thebes?
Crates of Thebes, the chief pupil of Diogenes of Sinope, gave away his money to live in poverty on the streets of Athens, together with his wife Hipparchia. The Athenians respected him.
He is remembered above all as the teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism. Fragments of his teaching survive, including his description of an ideal Cynic state.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Crates of Thebes?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Diogenes of Sinope c. 404–323 BC
Who did Crates of Thebes influence?
2 thinkers on this map draw directly on Crates of Thebes.
- Hipparchia c. 350–280 BC
- Zeno of Citium c. 334–262 BC
The line of teachers behind Crates of Thebes
The longest documented line of influence ending at Crates of Thebes runs 6 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Crates of Thebes
Indirect influences
- Through Diogenes of Sinope: Socrates, Antisthenes
The second generation
- Through Zeno of Citium: Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Panaetius, Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus
Contemporaries of Crates of Thebes
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Crates of Thebes, with no direct line between them.
Crates of Thebes by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 2 — #47 of 279 on this map
- Thinkers upstream
- 8
- Thinkers downstream
- 165
- Wikipedia languages
- 32 — #51 of 54 among ancient philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Crates of Thebes
- Who influenced Crates of Thebes?
- Diogenes of Sinope.
- Who did Crates of Thebes influence?
- Hipparchia and Zeno of Citium.
- When did Crates of Thebes live?
- c. 365–285 BC. The map files Crates of Thebes under the ancient world.
- How rare is the Crates of Thebes card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Crates of Thebes in 32 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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- Thales of Miletus c. 624–546 BC