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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek philosopher → founder of philosophical school → hedonist philosopher →
approximateBirthCentury	5th century BCE →
approximateDeathCentury	4th century BCE →
associatedWith	Cyrenaics → Dionysius I of Syracuse → Plato → Socrates →
birthPlace	Cyrene →
citizenship	Cyrene →
countryOfOrigin	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 →
gender	male →
influenced	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 of Cyrene →
philosophicalSchool	Cyrenaic school → Socratic school →
region	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 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arete of Cyrene ("Aristippus of Cyrene") → Cyrenaic school of philosophy ("Aristippus of Cyrene") → Epicurus ("Aristippus of Cyrene") →	influencedBy
Cyrenaic school of philosophy ("Aristippus of Cyrene") → Cyrenaic school of philosophy ("Aristippus the Younger") →	hasNotableMember
Arete of Cyrene ("Aristippus the Younger") → Socrates →	influenced
Arete of Cyrene ("Aristippus of Cyrene") → Arete of Cyrene ("Aristippus the Younger") →	relative
Cyrene ("philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene") →	associatedWith
Euclid of Megara ("Aristippus of Cyrene") →	contemporaryOf
Arete of Cyrene ("Aristippus of Cyrene") →	father
Cyrenaic school of philosophy ("Aristippus of Cyrene") →	foundedBy
School of Socrates ("Aristippus of Cyrene") →	hasMember
Kyrenaikē ("Aristippus of Cyrene") →	hasNotableInhabitant
Aristippus ("Aristippus of Cyrene") →	name
Cyrenaic school of philosophy ("Aristippus of Cyrene") →	philosophicalSchoolOf
Arete of Cyrene ("Aristippus the Younger") →	taught