 This often takes the form of allusions to the work and philosophy of Bion of Borysthenes  but it is as much a literary game as a philosophical alignment.By the time he composed his "Epistles", he was a critic of Cynicism along with all impractical and "high-falutin" philosophy in general.The "Satires" also include a strong element of Epicureanism, with frequent allusions to the Epicurean poet Lucretius.