Arete of Cyrene

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Arete of Cyrene was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school, noted as one of the earliest known female philosophers and an influential transmitter of her father Aristippus’s hedonistic teachings.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cyrenaic philosopher
ancient Greek philosopher
classical-era Greek person
female philosopher
associatedWith Cyrenaic school of philosophy
hedonistic ethics
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: "Ancient Greece"
era Classical Greek philosophy
father Aristippus
surface form: "Aristippus of Cyrene"
floruit 4th century BCE
gender female
historicity partly legendary
influenced Aristippus
surface form: "Aristippus the Younger"
influencedBy Aristippus
surface form: "Aristippus of Cyrene"
knownFor being cited in later doxographical traditions about the Cyrenaics
continuing the philosophical school founded by her father
language Ancient Greek
mainInterest hedonism
notableAs disciple and successor of Aristippus of Cyrene
notableFor being one of the earliest known female philosophers
transmitting the hedonistic teachings of Aristippus of Cyrene
occupation philosopher
teacher
philosophicalFocus pleasure as the highest good
philosophicalSchool Cyrenaic school of philosophy
surface form: "Cyrenaic school"
placeOfOrigin Cyrene
region Cyrenaica
relative Aristippus
surface form: "Aristippus of Cyrene"

Aristippus
surface form: "Aristippus the Younger"
sourceAttestation Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
surface form: "Diogenes Laertius"
taught Aristippus
surface form: "Aristippus the Younger"
tradition Cyrenaic hedonism

Referenced by (3)

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

Aristippus family Arete of Cyrene
Aristippus teacherOf Arete of Cyrene

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