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
His disciples Antisthenes and Aristippus prepared the way for the Stoic and Epicurean schools which dominated the Roman world in the last century of the Republic and the first of the Empire.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
Aristippus replied, "Because the wise realize what they lack, but the rich do not."
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
Aristippus and his followers seized upon this, and made it the prime factor in existence, denying to virtue any intrinsic value.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Antisthenes founded the Cynic school, Aristippus the Cyrenaic, and Euclid the Megaric.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
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