PHILOSOPHER

Hegesias of Cyrene

400 BC - 300 BC

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Hegesias (Ancient Greek: Ἡγησίας; fl. 290 BC) of Cyrene was a Cyrenaic philosopher. He argued that eudaimonia (happiness) is impossible to achieve, and that the goal of life should be the avoidance of pain and sorrow. Conventional values such as wealth, poverty, freedom, and slavery are all indifferent and produce no more pleasure than pain. Cicero claims that Hegesias wrote a book called ἀποκαρτερῶν (Death by Starvation), which persuaded so many people that death is more desirable than life that Hegesias was banned from teaching in Alexandria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hegesias of Cyrene is the 463rd most popular philosopher (up from 486th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Libya (up from 20th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Libyan Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hegesias of Cyrene ranks 463 out of 1,267. Before him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Vincent of Beauvais, Franz Rosenzweig, Arnobius, Themistius, and Brunetto Latini. After him are Shantideva, Roger Scruton, Alasdair MacIntyre, Theodorus the Atheist, Ibn al-Rawandi, and Zisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Hegesias of Cyrene ranks 18. Before him are Leochares, Spitamenes, Agnodice, Teos of Egypt, Antipater II of Macedon, and Drypetis. After him are Mithridates I of Pontus, Chares of Lindos, Artabazos II, Aristyllus, Philip IV of Macedon, and Pausanias of Orestis. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Hegesias of Cyrene ranks 10. Before him are Berossus, Nearchus, Aristoxenus, Wang Jian, Xanthippus of Carthage, and Eudemus of Rhodes. After him are Menaechmus, Callippus, Aristyllus, Aristo of Chios, Gaius Duilius, and Eurydice of Egypt.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Hegesias of Cyrene ranks 17 out of 76. Before him are Omar Mukhtar (1858), Idris of Libya (1889), Khalifa Haftar (1943), Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), and Mustafa Abdul Jalil (1952). After him are Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Lorenzo Bandini (1935), Theodorus of Cyrene (-465), Aguila Saleh Issa (1944), Rossana Podestà (1934), and Mahmoud Jibril (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Libya

Among philosophers born in Libya, Hegesias of Cyrene ranks 4. Before him are Aristippus (-434), Carneades (-214), and Synesius (370). After him are Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Arete of Cyrene (-400), Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10), Lacydes of Cyrene (-300), and Anniceris (-400).

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