PHILOSOPHER

Aristippus

434 BC - 355 BC

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Aristippus of Cyrene (; Ancient Greek: Ἀρίστιππος ὁ Κυρηναῖος; c. 435 – c. 356 BCE) was a hedonistic Greek philosopher and the founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy. He was a pupil of Socrates, but adopted a different philosophical outlook, teaching that the goal of life was to seek pleasure by adapting circumstances to oneself and by maintaining proper control over both adversity and prosperity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aristippus is the 94th most popular philosopher (up from 102nd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Libya and the most popular Libyan Philosopher.

Aristippus is most famous for his hedonistic philosophy. He believed that the goal of life is to find pleasure and avoid pain.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Aristippus ranks 94 out of 1,267. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Jürgen Habermas, Mencius, Johann Gottfried Herder, and John of Damascus. After him are George Berkeley, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Carl von Clausewitz, Jacques Derrida, Walter Benjamin, and Jean Bodin.

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Among people born in 434 BC, Aristippus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 355 BC, Aristippus ranks 1. After him is Eudoxus of Cnidus.

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    Aristippus

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    434 BC - 355 BC

    HPI: 79.14

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Aristippus ranks 6 out of 76. Before him are Eratosthenes (-276), Muammar Gaddafi (1942), Mark the Evangelist (10), Septimius Severus (145), and Arius (256). After him are Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), Berenice II of Egypt (-267), Pope Victor I (100), Omar Mukhtar (1858), and Idris of Libya (1889).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Libya

Among philosophers born in Libya, Aristippus ranks 1. After him are Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Arete of Cyrene (-400), Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10), Lacydes of Cyrene (-300), and Anniceris (-400).

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