Cyrenaic school of philosophy
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The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cyrenaic school | 9 |
| Cyrenaicism | 4 |
| Cyrenaic school of philosophy canonical | 3 |
| Cyrenaics | 2 |
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Target entity: Cyrenaic school of philosophy Context triple: [Cyrene, associatedWith, Cyrenaic school of philosophy]
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Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
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Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
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Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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Classical Greek philosophy
Classical Greek philosophy is the foundational period of Western thought, centered on figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, that established core ideas in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and political theory.
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Echo Stoa
Echo Stoa is an ancient colonnaded portico at Olympia in Greece, renowned for its unique acoustics and role in framing the sanctuary’s sacred and athletic spaces.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cyrenaic school of philosophy Target entity description: The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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A.
Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
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B.
Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
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C.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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D.
Classical Greek philosophy
Classical Greek philosophy is the foundational period of Western thought, centered on figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, that established core ideas in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and political theory.
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E.
Echo Stoa
Echo Stoa is an ancient colonnaded portico at Olympia in Greece, renowned for its unique acoustics and role in framing the sanctuary’s sacred and athletic spaces.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical school
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ethical theory ⓘ hedonistic school of philosophy ⓘ |
| coreTenet |
future pleasures are uncertain and less important than present pleasures
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immediate bodily pleasure is the primary aim of life ⓘ knowledge is limited to one’s own sensations ⓘ only present experiences are knowable ⓘ pleasure and pain are the only intrinsic goods and evils ⓘ pleasure is the highest good ⓘ self-control is needed to maximize pleasure and avoid pain ⓘ virtue is valuable only as a means to pleasure ⓘ we cannot know the external world as it is in itself ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| ethicalStance |
ethical hedonism
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psychological hedonism ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Aristippus
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surface form:
Aristippus of Cyrene
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| hasMainInterest |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ hedonism ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Anniceris
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Arete of Cyrene ⓘ Aristippus ⓘ
surface form:
Aristippus of Cyrene
Aristippus ⓘ
surface form:
Aristippus the Younger
Hegesias of Cyrene ⓘ Theodorus the Atheist ⓘ |
| historicalSources |
Cicero
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Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
surface form:
Diogenes Laertius
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| influenced |
Epicureanism
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later hedonistic ethics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristippus
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surface form:
Aristippus of Cyrene
Socratic philosophy ⓘ |
| locatedInTheHistoricalRegion | Cyrenaica ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cyrene ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchoolOf |
Aristippus
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surface form:
Aristippus of Cyrene
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| placeOfOrigin | Cyrene ⓘ |
| subSchool |
Annicerian school
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Annicerian school ⓘ
surface form:
Hegesiac school
Theodorean school ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| tradition |
Hellenic philosophy
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School of Socrates ⓘ
surface form:
Socratic school
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| viewOnFuture | discounts long-term calculation in favor of present enjoyment ⓘ |
| viewOnKnowledge |
asserts certainty only of one’s own feelings
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skeptical about knowledge of external objects ⓘ |
| viewOnPain | pain is the greatest evil ⓘ |
| viewOnPleasure |
emphasizes intense, momentary pleasures
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prefers bodily pleasures over mental pleasures ⓘ |
| viewOnPolitics | generally indifferent to political life ⓘ |
| viewOnVirtue | virtue is instrumental, not an end in itself ⓘ |
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Referenced by (18)
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