现代大学英语 B3 Unit4_background information.pptVIP

* B T L E W Unit 4 – Diogenes and Alexander Part Two ENTER Unit 4 – Diogenes and Alexander Author Diogenes Cynicism Alexander the Great Aristotle Plato Hercules Background Information Gilbert Highet (1906—1978) was US “educator, author, and critic”. “He is noted for popularizing intellectual topics; wrote ‘Anatomy of Satire,’ 1962.” Unit 4 – Diogenes and Alexander Author The end of Author. Diogenes: (412 B.C. — 324 B.C.), Greek philosopher who founded the Cynic school of philosophy, stressing self-control and the pursuit of virtue. He was the son of Hicesias, who was ex