The popular conception of cynicism in modern society seems to be something like "complaining about everything and being negative just for the sake of being negative."
Needless to say, this distorted whitewash of cynicism (ironically) focuses exclusively on the "negative" side of the cynical worldview and leaves out everything important - such as the fact that cynicism is ultimately born of idealism and is in fact a very appropriate reaction to a world which is unwilling to value conscience and virtue. Cynicism is essentially sanity in an insane world.
The historical roots of cynicism and the perspectives of the original cynics are explored here, as well as at numerous websites accessible through a Google search. If you are among the many who have been taught that cynicism is nothing more than "a negative attitude," a much more interesting reality waits to be discovered.
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