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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Example Sentences

The earliest and the most extreme type of hedonism is that of the Cyrenaic School as stated by Aristippus, who argued that the only good for man is the sentient pleasure of the moment.

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This pessimistic attitude is far removed from the positive hedonism of Aristippus.

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Such a standpoint is represented by Aristippus of Cyrene, who asserts the sovereignty of the moment.

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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.

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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.”

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