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Cyrenaic
Cyrenaic Cyr`e*na"ic (s?r`?-n?"?k or s?`r?-), a. [L. Cyrenaicus, fr. Cyrene, in Libya.] Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene. -- n. A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian, n.

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- importance to the Cyrenaics. The later Cyrenaics, Anniceris, Hegesias, and Theodorus, all developed variations on the standard Cyrenaic doctrine. For Anniceris...
- nothing". Stoicism would be based on the ethical ideas of the Cynics. The Cyrenaics, beginning with Aristippus the Younger, the grandson of the founder, argued...
- one of the oldest philosophical theories, hedonism was discussed by the Cyrenaics and Epicureans in ancient Greece, the Charvaka school in ancient India...
- Aristippus. "Aristippus". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Cyrenaics Resource Handbook of Cyrenaic resources, primary and secondary, includes Aristippus Aristippus...
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- if few pleasures accrue to him. — Diogenes Laërtius on Anniceris The Cyrenaics were a school of philosophy established by Aristippus of Cyrene (c. 435...
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- control over the other cities of Cyrenaica. It became the seat of the Cyrenaics, a school of philosophy in the fourth century BC, founded by Aristippus...
- good, or prefer it to the good of others." However, the beliefs of the Cyrenaics have been referred to as a "form of egoistic hedonism", and while some...
- China and of Cyrenaic hedonism in ancient Greece. Yangists followed the teachings of Yang Zhu and might have been influenced by Taoism. Cyrenaics, founded...