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These studies continue a tradition of scholarship that flourished around the turn of the century when new editions of ancient philosophical sources were published. Professor Malherbe, however, widens the scope to include other philosophical traditions. He recognizes and identifies the influences of Platonists, Peripatetics, Cynics, Stoics, Epicureans, and Pythagoreans. These popular philosophers...

what belongs to him, for, since all things belong to God, friends have all things in common, and he is a friend of God, all things belong to him (pseudo-Crates Epistles 26, 27; pseudo-Diogenes Epistle 10.2). Nor is he indiscriminate in his begging, for vice must support virtue. Thus, he begs only from people who are worthy of him and his teaching (pseudo-Crates Epistles 2; 19; 22; 36; pseudo-Diogenes Epistle 38.3–4). The Cynic’s offensive public acts are demonstrations of his deliberateness in choice,
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