Aristippus

American  

[ar-uh-stip-uhs] / ˌær əˈstɪp əs /

noun

1. 435?–356? b.c., Greek philosopher: founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy.

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Aristippus British  

/ ˌærɪˈstɪpəs /

noun

1. ?435–?356 _bc , Greek philosopher, who believed pleasure to be the highest good and founded the Cyrenaic school

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Aristippus

In prose so immaculately manicured that only the polish is apparent, Santayana descends to the oblivion of limbo and seeks out his beloved, smooth-talking heroes: Socrates, Democritus, Alcibiades, Dionysius, Aristippus.

From Time Magazine Archive

The followers of the Cyrenaic school, with its doctrine of moderation in the pursuit of pleasure, maintained that they carried out the maxims of Aristippus in their pursuit of the joys of love.

From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll

Aristippus combined this with his doctrine of pleasure.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace

We note in the passage here referred to, as in other passages, that he mentions Aristippus of Cyrene, rather than Epicurus himself, as the master under whose influence he from time to time insensibly lapsed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Aristippus very properly replied to a man who boasted of his reading, “It is not those who eat the most that are hale and healthy, but those who can best digest.”

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

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