I should have mentioned, that later after they got tired with reading Plato and Aristotle again, Cynicism, Scepticism, Epicureanism and Stoicism all saw new lig

I should have mentioned, that later after they got tired with reading Plato and Aristotle again, Cynicism, Scepticism, Epicureanism and Stoicism all saw new light, but usually they were more combined into general useful advice on living a good life. Cynicism's rejection of social norms, when it re-appeared in the late 18th century, morphed into a disapproval of society in general, and the modern usage of 'cynic' was meant to be someone who rejected social structures, and thus someone's who is negative, rather than someone trying to live a virtuous life without being 'chained' by society.