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

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

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 Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

A follower of Aristippus, he denied that pleasure is the general end of human life.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various