Anniceris

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Anniceris was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school known for revising its hedonistic doctrine to emphasize friendship, gratitude, and social obligations alongside personal pleasure.

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instanceOf Cyrenaic philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
hedonist philosopher ⓘ
approximateFloruit 3rd century BCE ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Cyrene ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
doctrine friendship can be rationally chosen even at cost to one’s own immediate pleasure ⓘ
gratitude is intrinsically valuable ⓘ
pleasure is the ultimate good ⓘ
pleasures of friendship and social bonds are significant components of the good life ⓘ
social obligations can justify self-sacrifice ⓘ
era Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
influenced later Cyrenaic tradition ⓘ
influencedBy Aristippus the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Aristippus

earlier Cyrenaics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy provided a bridge between radical hedonism and more social ethical theories ⓘ
represented a more social form of Cyrenaic hedonism ⓘ
mainInterest ethics ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
moral psychology ⓘ
memberOf Cyrenaic school ⓘ
notableFor emphasizing friendship in ethics ⓘ
emphasizing gratitude in ethics ⓘ
emphasizing social obligations in ethics ⓘ
revising Cyrenaic hedonism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Cyrenaicism ⓘ
philosophicalStance moderated or revised hedonism ⓘ
opposed purely egoistic interpretations of Cyrenaicism ⓘ
positionHeld head of a branch of the Cyrenaic school ⓘ
region Cyrenaica ⓘ
sourceMention Cicero ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius ⓘ
teaching habit and commitment can bind us to friends beyond immediate pleasure ⓘ
we sometimes love friends for their own sake, not only for utility ⓘ
viewOnFriendship friendship may be maintained even when not immediately pleasurable ⓘ
viewOnGratitude gratitude should be repaid even when not advantageous ⓘ
viewOnPleasure pleasure is not merely momentary but can include stable relationships ⓘ
viewOnSelfSacrifice self-sacrifice can be reasonable for the sake of friends ⓘ
viewOnVirtue virtue is instrumentally related to pleasure ⓘ

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