books.google.ca - Far from being pessimistic or nihilistic, as modern uses of the term "cynic" suggest, the ancient Cynics were astonishingly optimistic regarding human nature. They believed that if one simplified one's life--giving up all unnecessary possessions, desires, and ideas--and lived in the moment as much as...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Cynics.html?id=_5z-zTlFcBsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCynics
