- The
Cyrenaics or
Kyrenaics (Ancient Gr****: Κυρηναϊκοί, romanized: Kyrēnaïkoí), were a
sensual hedonist Gr****
school of
philosophy founded in the 4th century...
- c. 356 BCE) was a
hedonistic Gr****
philosopher and the
founder of the
Cyrenaic school of philosophy. He was a
pupil of Socrates, but
adopted a different...
- on the
streets of Athens. The
Cyrenaics were
founded by
Aristippus of Cyrene, who was a
pupil of Socrates. The
Cyrenaics were
hedonists and held that pleasure...
-
Hegesias (Ancient Gr****: Ἡγησίας; fl. 290 BC) of
Cyrene was a
Cyrenaic philosopher. He
argued that
eudaimonia (happiness) is
impossible to achieve, and...
- Greco-Roman
Presocratic Ionians Pythagoreans Eleatics Atomists Sophists Cyrenaics Cynicism Eretrian school Megarian school Academy Peripatetic school ****enistic...
-
These two
meanings do not
necessarily coincide. For example,
Epicurean and
Cyrenaic philosophers claimed that the 'good life'
consistently aimed for pleasure...
- Cyrenaica. The area was home to the
renowned philosophy school of the
Cyrenaics. In 525 BC the
Persian army of
Cambyses II
overran Cyrenaica,
which for...
- of
Cyrene (/əˈriːtiː/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἀρήτη; fl. 4th
century BC) was a
Cyrenaic philosopher who
lived in Cyrene, Libya. She was the
daughter of Aristippus...
- The
Cyrenaic and
Carthaginian coins of
Corvo are a ****d of
coins dating to
approximately 200 BCE that were
supposedly left in the
Azores by Carthaginians...
-
students Antisthenes, Aristippus, and
Plato went on to
found Cynicism,
Cyrenaicism, and Platonism, respectively.
Plato taught Aristotle who
created the...
