Hipparchia of Maroneia Quotes
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher of the late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC, one of the few women philosophers documented in the historical record from antiquity. She abandoned her wealthy family in Maroneia in Thrace to marry the Cynic philosopher Crates of Thebes, and lived with him in the same austere public manner as her male Cynic contemporaries, defying the conventions of women's seclusion in classical Greece. The quotes below are attributed to Hipparchia of Maroneia, organized by topic.
Hipparchia of Maroneia on Freedom
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Attributed to Hipparchia of Maroneia:
“Do you suppose that I have judged ill in employing on philosophy the time I would otherwise have wasted at the loom?”
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Attributed to Hipparchia of Maroneia:
“Whatever is right for Crates to do is right for me.”
Hipparchia of Maroneia on Knowledge
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Attributed to Hipparchia of Maroneia:
“I chose education in place of the loom and the marriage market.”
Hipparchia of Maroneia on Life
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Attributed to Hipparchia of Maroneia:
“If I were not living the life I live, I would be wasting myself in things of no consequence.”