Cyrenaic school of philosophy

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ancient Greek philosophical school ethical theory hedonistic school of philosophy

The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.

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Cyrenaic school 14
Cyrenaicism 7
Cyrenaic school of philosophy canonical 3

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosophical school ⓘ
ethical theory ⓘ
hedonistic school of philosophy ⓘ
coreTenet future pleasures are uncertain and less important than present pleasures ⓘ
immediate bodily pleasure is the primary aim of life ⓘ
knowledge is limited to one’s own sensations ⓘ
only present experiences are knowable ⓘ
pleasure and pain are the only intrinsic goods and evils ⓘ
pleasure is the highest good ⓘ
self-control is needed to maximize pleasure and avoid pain ⓘ
virtue is valuable only as a means to pleasure ⓘ
we cannot know the external world as it is in itself ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
ethicalStance ethical hedonism ⓘ
psychological hedonism ⓘ
foundedBy Aristippus of Cyrene ⓘ
linked to: Aristippus
hasMainInterest epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
hasNotableMember Anniceris ⓘ
Arete of Cyrene ⓘ
Aristippus of Cyrene ⓘ
linked to: Aristippus

Aristippus the Younger ⓘ
linked to: Aristippus

Hegesias of Cyrene ⓘ
Theodorus the Atheist ⓘ
historicalSources Cicero ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius ⓘ
influenced Epicureanism ⓘ
later hedonistic ethics ⓘ
influencedBy Aristippus of Cyrene ⓘ
linked to: Aristippus

Socratic philosophy ⓘ
locatedInTheHistoricalRegion Cyrenaica ⓘ
namedAfter Cyrene ⓘ
philosophicalSchoolOf Aristippus of Cyrene ⓘ
linked to: Aristippus
placeOfOrigin Cyrene ⓘ
subSchool Annicerian school ⓘ
Hegesiac school ⓘ
linked to: Annicerian school

Theodorean school ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
tradition Hellenic philosophy ⓘ
Socratic school ⓘ
linked to: School of Socrates
viewOnFuture discounts long-term calculation in favor of present enjoyment ⓘ
viewOnKnowledge asserts certainty only of one’s own feelings ⓘ
skeptical about knowledge of external objects ⓘ
viewOnPain pain is the greatest evil ⓘ
viewOnPleasure emphasizes intense, momentary pleasures ⓘ
prefers bodily pleasures over mental pleasures ⓘ
viewOnPolitics generally indifferent to political life ⓘ
viewOnVirtue virtue is instrumental, not an end in itself ⓘ

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