Aristippus

[ ar-uh-stip-uhs ]

/ ˌær əˈstɪp əs /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Aristippus

Aristarchus of Samos, Aristarchus of Samothrace, aristate, Aristide, Aristides, Aristippus, aristo, Aristocort, aristocracy, aristocrat, aristocratic

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How to use Aristippus in a sentence

Aristippus, the founder of the Cyreniac school, was a sort of philosophic voluptuary, teaching that pleasure is the end of life.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Plato mentions no names: but he means (according to some commentators) Leukippus and Demokritus — perhaps Aristippus also.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote
Plato therefore had no good foundation for the sarcasm which he throws out against Aristippus.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote
Possibly Aristippus may have been the author of it: but we can hardly tell what he meant, or how he defended it.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote

The word γένεσις is also very obscure: and we are not sure that Aristippus employed it.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote

British Dictionary definitions for Aristippus

Aristippus

/ (ˌærɪˈstɪpəs) /

noun

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

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