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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 300 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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METROCLES , a See also:

Greek philosoper of the Cynic school, was a contemporary of See also:

CRATES

Crates, under whose persuasion he deserted the views of See also:

THEOPHRASTUS

Theophrastus. It was his See also:

SISTER

sister, Hipparchia, whose romantic See also:

ATTACHMENT

attachment to Crates is a fascinating sidelight on the almost truculent See also:

ASCETICISM

asceticism of the See also:

CYNICS

Cynics. He was a See also:

man of See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar strength of See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and esteemed the joys of See also:

LIFE

life so See also:

low that he was deterred from an See also:

early See also:

SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide only by the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Crates. His philosophical views, which were identical with those of Crates (q.v.), he expounded by See also:

PRECEPT (Lat. praeceptum, a rule, from praecipere, literally to take beforehand, to give rules, instructions or orders)

precept and example with See also:

GREAT

great success, and had among his pupils See also:

MENIPPUS

Menippus of See also:

SINOPE

Sinope. Having weighed the probable pains and pleasures of approaching old See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, he decided that life had nothing See also:

LEFT

left for which he greatly cared, and drowned himself. He is said to have written several See also:

WORKS

works, which he afterwards burnt. Of one, entitled Xpetai, See also:

DIOGENES

Diogenes preserves a single See also:

LINE

line (vi. 6).

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