Aristippus
Americannoun
noun
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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
Yet Aristippus was compelled to admit that some actions which give immediate pleasure entail more than their equivalent of pain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Aristippus once said: "The greatest thing which my daughter Arete has to thank me for is that I have taught her to set a value on nothing she can do without."
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
Like Aristippus, they founded morality upon pleasure, but they differ because they developed a purer and nobler conception of pleasure than the Cyrenaics had known.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
As head of the Cyrenaic School after her father's death, she had many distinguished pupils, among them Theodorus and Aristippus the Younger.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
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