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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Greek philosopher was the founder of the Cyrenaic school of Philosophy, whose teaching was the importance of controlling adversity and prosperity by adaptation to one's circumstances as a means to a content and successful life.  He has thus been associated with hedonism and the pursuit of pleasure in life, and introduced the notion that pleasure is to be the highest pleasure in life and pain the lowest.  Emphasized that self control must be used to temper human desires.  Student of [[Socrates]].   
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Greek philosopher was the founder of the Cyrenaic school of Philosophy, whose teaching was the importance of controlling adversity and prosperity by adaptation to one's circumstances as a means to a content and successful life.  He has thus been associated with hedonism and the pursuit of pleasure in life, and introduced the notion that pleasure is to be the highest value in life and pain the lowest.  Emphasized that self control must be used to temper human desires.  Student of [[Socrates]].   
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* [[Greek Philosophers and their LGBTQ Scholars]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 12:42, 25 October 2016

Aristippus

Country

Greece

Birth - Death

435 - 356 BC

Occupation

Academic

Description

Greek philosopher was the founder of the Cyrenaic school of Philosophy, whose teaching was the importance of controlling adversity and prosperity by adaptation to one's circumstances as a means to a content and successful life. He has thus been associated with hedonism and the pursuit of pleasure in life, and introduced the notion that pleasure is to be the highest value in life and pain the lowest. Emphasized that self control must be used to temper human desires. Student of Socrates.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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