Oration VI Introduction to Oration VI Oration VII Introduction to Oration VII Oration VIII Introduction to Oration VIII Letter to Themistius the Philosopher Introduction Letter to the Senate and People of Athens Introduction Fragment of a Letter to a Priest Introduction The Caesars Introduction Misopogon, Or, Beard‐Hater Introduction Index Footnotes The Sixth Oration is a sermon or rather a scolding addressed to the New Cynics, and especially to one of their number who had ventured to defame the memory of Diogenes. In the fourth Christian century the Cynic mode of life was adopted by many, but the vast majority were illiterate men who imitated the Cynic shamelessness of manners but not the …
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