Nguồn chính

• Socratis et Socraticorum Reliquiae, ed. G. Giannantoni, 4 volumes (Naples, 1990). Volume 2 collects fragments of the early Cynics from Antisthenes to Crates.
• The Cynic Philosophers, ed. R. Dobbin (Penguin, 2012)
• Diogenes the Cynic: Sayings and Anecdotes: With Other Popular Moralists, ed. R. Hard (Oxford, 2012)
• Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI: The Cynics
• Dio Chrysostom, Cynic Discourses: Oration 6, Oration 8, Oration 9, Oration 10.
• Epictetus, Discourse 3.22, On Cynicism
• Pseudo-Lucian[cần dẫn nguồn], The Cynic
• Julian the Apostate, 6th Oration - To the Uneducated Cynics
• Julian the Apostate, 7th Oration - To the Cynic Heracleios

Nguồn thứ

• Ian Cutler, (2005), Cynicism from Diogenes to Dilbert. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-2093-6
• William D. Desmond, (2006), The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 0-268-02582-7ISBN 0-268-02582-7
• ————, (2008), Cynics. Ancient Philosophies Series. Acumen Publishing. ISBN 1-84465-129-0ISBN 1-84465-129-0
• F. Gerald Downing, (1992), Cynics and Christian Origins. T. & T. Clark. ISBN 0-567-09613-0ISBN 0-567-09613-0
• Luis E. Navia, (1996), Classical Cynicism: A Critical Study. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-30015-1ISBN 0-313-30015-1
• Lousa Shea (2009), The Cynic Enlightenment: Diogenes in the Salon Johns Hopkins University Press.
• H. C. Baldry, "Zeno's Ideal State". Published in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 79 (1959), pp. 3–15. DOI: 10.2307/627917
• Kathy L. Gaca, "Early Stoic Eros: The Sexual Ethics of Zeno and Chrysippus and their Evaluation of the Greek Erotic Tradition". Published in Apeiron: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, Vol. 33, No. 3 (September 2000), pp. 207–238.