in Rome. This statue is a Roman-era copy of an earlier Greek statue from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. The scroll in his right hand is an 18th century restoration.]]The Cynics (, ) were an influential group of philosophers from the ancient school of Cynicism. Their philosophy was that the purpose of life was to live a life of Virtue in agreement with Nature. The name Cynic derives from the Greek word for Dog (, kyôn, genitive: kynos), a Cynic declared that "other dogs bite their enemies, I bite my