Aristippus

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ancient Greek philosopher founder of philosophical school hedonist philosopher

Aristippus was an ancient Greek philosopher from Cyrene, best known as the founder of the Cyrenaic school, which taught that immediate physical pleasure is the highest good.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Aristippus of Cyrene	14
Aristippus the Younger	5
Aristippus canonical	1
Aristippus the Elder	1
philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ founder of philosophical school ⓘ hedonist philosopher ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury	5th century BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury	4th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ surface form: Cyrenaics Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ Plato ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
birthPlace	Cyrene ⓘ
citizenship	Cyrene ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
doctrine	mental and bodily pleasures are both valuable ⓘ only present, immediate pleasures are intrinsically valuable ⓘ pleasure and pain are the fundamental criteria of good and bad ⓘ pleasure is the highest good ⓘ prudence is needed to manage pleasures ⓘ the wise person controls pleasures rather than being controlled by them ⓘ
era	Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
family	Arete of Cyrene ⓘ
floruit	4th century BCE ⓘ
founded	Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ surface form: Cyrenaic school
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ surface form: Cyrenaics Epicurus ⓘ Hellenistic hedonism ⓘ
influencedBy	Protagoras ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Sophists ⓘ
knownFor	ethical hedonism ⓘ founding the Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ teaching that immediate pleasure is the highest good ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainInterest	epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ hedonism ⓘ
name	Aristippus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aristippus of Cyrene
philosophicalSchool	Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ surface form: Cyrenaic school School of Socrates ⓘ surface form: Socratic school
region	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean North Africa ⓘ
sourceMention	Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
teacherOf	Arete of Cyrene ⓘ followers of the Cyrenaic school ⓘ
viewOnEthics	the goal of life is a life of pleasure ⓘ virtue is valuable as a means to pleasure ⓘ
viewOnKnowledge	external objects are known only through their effects on us ⓘ we know only our own immediate sensations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Socrates → influenced → Aristippus ⓘ

Cyrene → associatedWith → Aristippus ⓘ

this entity surface form: philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene

Euclid of Megara → contemporaryOf → Aristippus ⓘ