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Aristippus

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Aristippus of Cyrene (Ἀρίστιππος ὁ Κυρηναῖος; c. 435 – c. 356 BCE) was the founder of the Cyrenaic school of Philosophy. [1]

55 relations: Aeschines of Sphettus, Ancient philosophy, Andocides, Anniceris, Antipater of Cyrene, Arete of Cyrene, Aristippus (disambiguation), Aristippus the Younger, Beauty (ancient thought), Christoph Martin Wieland, Cynic epistles, Cyrenaica, Cyrenaics, Cyrene, Libya, Demonax, Dialogue, Empedocles, Epicureanism, Ethics, Greek name, Greeks in Egypt, Hedonism, Hegesias of Cyrene, Hellenistic philosophy, Herman Melville bibliography, History of anarchism, Index of ancient philosophy articles, Index of philosophy articles (A–C), Lais of Corinth, List of ancient Greek philosophers, List of ancient Greeks, List of philosophers (A–C), List of philosophers born in the centuries BC, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Marius the Epicurean, Meaning of life, Money burning, Nicomachus (son of Aristotle), Outline of classical studies, Outline of ethics, Pausanias of Sicily, Philosophy of happiness, Prodicus, Pythagoras, Selfism, Simon the Shoemaker, Socrates, Socrates (Voltaire), Sosicrates, Theodorus the Atheist, ..., Theophrastus, Timeline of Western philosophers, Utilitarianism, Weimar Classicism, 4th century BC. Expand index (5 more) »

Aeschines of Sphettus

Aeschines of Sphettus (Αἰσχίνης Σφήττιος) or Aeschines Socraticus (sometimes but now rarely written as Aischines or Æschines; c. 425 BC – c. 350 BC), son of Lysanias, of the deme Sphettus of Athens, was in his youth a follower of Socrates.

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Ancient philosophy

This page lists some links to ancient philosophy.

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Andocides

Andocides (Ἀνδοκίδης, Andokides; c. 440 – c. 390 BC) was a logographer (speech writer) in Ancient Greece.

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Anniceris

Anniceris (Ἀννίκερις; fl. 300 BC) was a Cyrenaic philosopher.

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Antipater of Cyrene

Antipater of Cyrene (Ἀντίπατρος; fl. 4th-century BCE) was one of the disciples of Aristippus, the founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy.

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Arete of Cyrene

Arete of Cyrene (Ἀρήτη; fl. 5th–4th century BC) was a Cyrenaic philosopher who lived in Cyrene, Libya.

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Aristippus (disambiguation)

Aristippus may refer to.

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Aristippus the Younger

Aristippus the Younger (Ἀρίστιππος), of Cyrene, was the grandson of Aristippus of Cyrene, and is widely believed to have formalized the principles of Cyrenaic philosophy.

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Beauty (ancient thought)

Beauty for ancient thinkers existed both in form, which is the material world as it is, and as embodied in the spirit, which is the world of mental formations.

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Christoph Martin Wieland

Christoph Martin Wieland (5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer.

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Cynic epistles

The Cynic epistles are a collection of letters expounding the principles and practices of Cynic philosophy mostly written in the time of the Roman empire but purporting to have been written by much earlier philosophers.

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Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica (Cyrenaica (Provincia), Κυρηναία (ἐπαρχία) Kyrēnaíā (eparkhíā), after the city of Cyrene; برقة) is the eastern coastal region of Libya.

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Cyrenaics

The Cyrenaics or Kyrenaics (Κυρηναϊκοί; Kyrēnaïkoí) were a sensual hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BCE, supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene, although many of the principles of the school are believed to have been formalized by his grandson of the same name, Aristippus the Younger.

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Cyrene, Libya

Cyrene (translit) was an ancient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya.

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Demonax

Demonax (Δημώναξ, Dēmōnax, gen.: Δημώνακτος; c. AD 70 – c. 170) was a Greek Cynic philosopher.

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Dialogue

Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange.

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Empedocles

Empedocles (Ἐμπεδοκλῆς, Empedoklēs) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily.

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Epicureanism

Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, founded around 307 BC.

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Ethics

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

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Greek name

In the modern world, personal names among people of Greek language and culture generally consist of a given name, a patronymic and a family name.

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Greeks in Egypt

There has been a large community of Greeks in Egypt, also known as Egyptiotes (Αιγυπτιώτες), from the Hellenistic period until the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution of 1952, when most were forced to leave.

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Hedonism

Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that the pursuit of pleasure and intrinsic goods are the primary or most important goals of human life.

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Hegesias of Cyrene

Hegesias (Ἡγησίας; fl. 290 BC) of Cyrene was a Cyrenaic philosopher, the Cyrenaics forming one of the earliest Socratic schools of philosophy.

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Hellenistic philosophy

Hellenistic philosophy is the period of Western philosophy that was developed in the Hellenistic civilization following Aristotle and ending with the beginning of Neoplatonism.

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Herman Melville bibliography

The bibliography of Herman Melville includes magazine articles, book reviews, other occasional writings, and 15 books.

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History of anarchism

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies often defined as self-governed voluntary institutions, but that several authors have defined as more specific institutions based on non-hierarchical free associations.

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Index of ancient philosophy articles

This page is a list of topics in ancient philosophy.

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Index of philosophy articles (A–C)

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Lais of Corinth

Lais of Corinth (fl. 425 BCE) was a famous hetaira or courtesan of ancient Greece who was probably born in Corinth.

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List of ancient Greek philosophers

This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek.

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List of ancient Greeks

This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks.

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List of philosophers (A–C)

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List of philosophers born in the centuries BC

Philosophers born in the centuries BC (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: See also.

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Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων) is a biography of the Greek philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, written in Greek, perhaps in the first half of the third century AD.

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Marius the Epicurean

Marius the Epicurean: his sensations and ideas is a historical and philosophical novel by Walter Pater (his only completed full-length fiction), written between 1881 and 1884, published in 1885 and set in 161–177 AD, in the Rome of the Antonines.

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Meaning of life

The meaning of life, or the answer to the question "What is the meaning of life?", pertains to the significance of living or existence in general.

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Money burning

Money burning or burning money is the purposeful act of destroying money.

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Nicomachus (son of Aristotle)

Nicomachus (Νικόμαχος; fl. c. 325 BC) was the son of Aristotle.

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Outline of classical studies

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to classical studies: Classical studies (Classics for short) – earliest branch of the humanities, which covers the languages, literature, history, art, and other cultural aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world.

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Outline of ethics

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ethics: Ethics – major branch of philosophy, encompassing right conduct and good life.

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Pausanias of Sicily

Pausanias (Greek: Παυσανίας; fl. 5th century BC) was a native of Sicily who belonged to the family of the Asclepiadae, and whose father's name was Anchitus.

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Philosophy of happiness

The philosophy of happiness is the philosophical concern with the existence, nature, and attainment of happiness.

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Prodicus

Prodicus of Ceos (Πρόδικος ὁ Κεῖος, Pródikos ho Keios; c. 465 BC – c. 395 BC) was a Greek philosopher, and part of the first generation of Sophists.

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Pythagoras

Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of the Pythagoreanism movement.

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Selfism

Selfism refers to any philosophy, theory, doctrine, or tendency that upholds explicitly selfish principles as being desirable.

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Simon the Shoemaker

Simon the Shoemaker (Σίμων Ἀθηναῖος, σκυτοτόμος; fl. c. late 5th century BC) was an associate of Socrates, and a 'working-philosopher'.

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Socrates

Socrates (Sōkrátēs,; – 399 BC) was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.

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Socrates (Voltaire)

Socrates is a 1759 French play in three acts written by Voltaire.

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Sosicrates

Sosicrates of Rhodes (Σωσικράτης ὁ Ῥόδιος; floruit c. 180 BC) was a Greek historical writer.

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Theodorus the Atheist

Theodorus the Atheist (Θεόδωρος ὁ ἄθεος; c. 340 – c. 250 BC), of Cyrene, was a philosopher of the Cyrenaic school.

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Theophrastus

Theophrastus (Θεόφραστος Theόphrastos; c. 371 – c. 287 BC), a Greek native of Eresos in Lesbos,Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin, Ancient Botany, 2015, p. 8.

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Timeline of Western philosophers

This is a list of philosophers from the Western tradition of philosophy.

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Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility.

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Weimar Classicism

Weimar Classicism (Weimarer Klassik) was a German literary and cultural movement, whose practitioners established a new humanism, from the synthesis of ideas from Romanticism, Classicism, and the Age of Enlightenment.

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4th century BC

The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippus

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