Meaning of Timonists | Babel Free

Examples

“You therefore whose bodies, either overflowing with the corrupt humours of this age's fantasticness, or else being burnt up with the inflamation of upstart fashions, would fain be purged, and, to shew that you truly loath this polluted and mangy fisted world, turn Timonists, not caring either for men or their manners, … [sic]”

“Cynicism is often contrasted with "Timonism" (cf. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonists felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change.”

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