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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipp" title="Aristipp – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aristipp" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BF" title="Арыстып – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Арыстып" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF" title="Аристип – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аристип" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristip" title="Aristip – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Aristip" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristip_de_Cirene" title="Aristip de Cirene – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Aristip de Cirene" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_z_Kyr%C3%A9ny" title="Aristippos z Kyrény – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Aristippos z Kyrény" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_af_Kyrene" title="Aristippos af Kyrene – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Aristippos af Kyrene" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_von_Kyrene" title="Aristippos von Kyrene – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aristippos von Kyrene" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos" title="Aristippos – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Aristippos" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9A%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Αρίστιππος ο Κυρηναίος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αρίστιππος ο Κυρηναίος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo" title="Aristipo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aristipo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo" title="Aristipo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aristipo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo" title="Aristipo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aristipo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B3" title="آریستیپوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آریستیپوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippe_de_Cyr%C3%A8ne" title="Aristippe de Cyrène – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aristippe de Cyrène" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo_de_Cirene" title="Aristipo de Cirene – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Aristipo de Cirene" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%B0%ED%8F%AC%EC%8A%A4" title="아리스티포스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아리스티포스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D4%BF%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB" title="Արիստիպոս Կիրենացի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արիստիպոս Կիրենացի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8" title="अरिस्तिप्पुस – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अरिस्तिप्पुस" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristip_iz_Cirene" title="Aristip iz Cirene – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Aristip iz Cirene" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos" title="Aristippos – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Aristippos" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_fr%C3%A1_K%C3%BDrenu" title="Aristippos frá Kýrenu – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Aristippos frá Kýrenu" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippo" title="Aristippo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aristippo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1" title="אריסטיפוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אריסטיפוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಆರಿಸ್ಟಿಪಸ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಆರಿಸ್ಟಿಪಸ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="არისტიპუსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="არისტიპუსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF" title="Аристипп – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Аристипп" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C3%AEst%C3%AEpos" title="Arîstîpos – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Arîstîpos" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF" title="Аристипп – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Аристипп" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippus_Cyrenaeus" title="Aristippus Cyrenaeus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Aristippus Cyrenaeus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisztipposz" title="Arisztipposz – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Arisztipposz" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3" title="اريستبوس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اريستبوس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B3" title="آریستیپوس – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="آریستیپوس" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_van_Cyrene" title="Aristippos van Cyrene – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aristippos van Cyrene" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B9" title="アリスティッポス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アリスティッポス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_fra_Kyrene" title="Aristippos fra Kyrene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Aristippos fra Kyrene" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipp" title="Aristipp – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Aristipp" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3" title="ارسطیفوس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ارسطیفوس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arystyp" title="Arystyp – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Arystyp" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo_de_Cirene" title="Aristipo de Cirene – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aristipo de Cirene" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristip" title="Aristip – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Aristip" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF" title="Аристипп – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Аристипп" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipi" title="Aristipi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Aristipi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_z_Kyr%C3%A9ny" title="Aristippos z Kyrény – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Aristippos z Kyrény" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristip_iz_Kirene" title="Aristip iz Kirene – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Aristip iz Kirene" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF" title="Аристип – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Аристип" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos" title="Aristippos – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Aristippos" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos" title="Aristippos – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Aristippos" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos" title="Aristippos – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Aristippos" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" 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class="infobox-label">Era</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy" title="Ancient Greek philosophy">Ancient Greek philosophy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Western_philosophy" title="Western philosophy">Western philosophy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_of_philosophy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of schools of philosophy">School</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Cyrenaic_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrenaic school">Cyrenaic school</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Main interests</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hedonism" title="Hedonism">Hedonism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epistemology" title="Epistemology">Epistemology</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Notable ideas</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hedonism" title="Hedonism">Hedonism</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Aristippus of <a href="/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya" title="Cyrene, Libya">Cyrene</a></b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ἀρίστιππος ὁ Κυρηναῖος</span>; c. 435 – c. 356 BCE) was a <a href="/wiki/Hedonism" title="Hedonism">hedonistic</a> <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> philosopher<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaics" title="Cyrenaics">Cyrenaic school</a> of philosophy.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a pupil of <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, 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. His view that pleasure is the only good came to be called ethical <a href="/wiki/Hedonism" title="Hedonism">hedonism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the ideological and philosophical differences between <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> and himself, Aristippus faced backlash by <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> and many of his fellow-pupils. Out of his hedonistic beliefs, Aristippus' most famous phrase was, "I possess, I am not possessed."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite having two sons, Aristippus identified his daughter <a href="/wiki/Arete_of_Cyrene" title="Arete of Cyrene">Arete</a> as the "intellectual heiress" of his work, resulting in the systematization of his work and the <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaics" title="Cyrenaics">Cyrenaic school</a> of philosophy, by <a href="/wiki/Arete_of_Cyrene" title="Arete of Cyrene">Arete</a>, and her son <a href="/wiki/Aristippus_the_Younger" title="Aristippus the Younger">Aristippus the Younger</a>, Aristippus' grandson, during the later years of his life and after his death.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are indications that Aristippus was conflated with his grandson, <a href="/wiki/Aristippus_the_Younger" title="Aristippus the Younger">Aristippus the Younger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristippus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aristippus, the son of Aritades, was born in <a href="/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya" title="Cyrene, Libya">Cyrene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Libya" title="Ancient Libya">Ancient Libya</a>, c. 435 BCE. Having come to <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> to attend the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">Olympic games</a>, he met and asked <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ischomachus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ischomachus (page does not exist)">Ischomachus</a> about <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, resulting in a strong desire to see <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, after hearing of his description. Seeking <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, he went to <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> and made him his master.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though a disciple of <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, Aristippus wandered both in principle and practice from the teaching and example of his master.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After learning the philosophical views and values of <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, Aristippus formed a greater interest in pleasure, eventually leading him to popularize and focus more solely on ethical hedonism.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to his philosophical differences from Socrates, Aristippus sought other avenues, leading him towards the court of <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_I_of_Syracuse" title="Dionysius I of Syracuse">Dionysius I of Syracuse</a> or <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_the_Younger" class="mw-redirect" title="Dionysius the Younger">Dionysius the Younger</a>. At the court Aristippus became a counselor, and continued to seek his pleasures.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there he lived luxuriously and sought sensual gratification and the company of the notorious <a href="/wiki/Lais_of_Corinth" title="Lais of Corinth">Lais</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Aristippus was the first of <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>' disciples to make money for his teaching, which on occasion he sent to <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, although often returned to him, due to <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> viewing it as an insult.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aristippus also said that he resided in a foreign land in order to escape the trouble of involving himself in the politics of his native city, to <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyrene8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Cyrene8.jpg/220px-Cyrene8.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Cyrene8.jpg/330px-Cyrene8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Cyrene8.jpg/440px-Cyrene8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya" title="Cyrene, Libya">Cyrene, Libya</a>, birthplace of Aristippus</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to his lifelong pursuit of pleasure and philosophical teachings on pleasure, against the teachings of <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, Aristippus garnered conflict between philosophers like <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> and his fellow-pupils over the course of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also said to have been taken prisoner by <a href="/wiki/Artaphernes" title="Artaphernes">Artaphernes</a>, the satrap who drove the <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Spartans</a> from <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a> in 396.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the backlash he received for his philosophical views, teachings and lifestyle, Aristippus continued his spread of ethical hedonism by imparting his doctrine to his daughter <a href="/wiki/Arete_of_Cyrene" title="Arete of Cyrene">Arete</a> who, in turn, imparted it to her son, <a href="/wiki/Aristippus_the_Younger" title="Aristippus the Younger">Aristippus the Younger</a>, who is said to have reduced it to a system in the <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaics" title="Cyrenaics">Cyrenaic school</a> of philosophy, that Aristippus helped found.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In old age, Aristippus is said to have returned to <a href="/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya" title="Cyrene, Libya">Cyrene</a>, living out his retirement in luxury and in the pursuit of pleasure till his death, at the age of 79.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Book VI of <i><a href="/wiki/De_architectura" title="De architectura">De architectura</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Vitruvius" title="Vitruvius">Vitruvius</a> describes Aristippus: </p> <blockquote><p>It is related of the <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socratic</a> philosopher Aristippus that, being shipwrecked and cast ashore on the coast of the <a href="/wiki/Rhodians" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodians">Rhodians</a>, he observed <a href="/wiki/Geometrical" class="mw-redirect" title="Geometrical">geometrical</a> figures drawn thereon, and cried out to his companions: "Let us be of good cheer, for I see the traces of man." With that he made for the city of Rhodes, and went straight to the <a href="/wiki/Gymnasium_(ancient_Greece)" title="Gymnasium (ancient Greece)">gymnasium</a>. There he fell to discussing <a href="/wiki/Philosophical" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosophical">philosophical</a> subjects, and presents were bestowed upon him, so that he could not only fit himself out, but could also provide those who accompanied him with clothing and all other necessaries of life. When his companions wished to return to their country, and asked him what message he wished them to carry home, he bade them say this: that children ought to be provided with property and resources of a kind that could swim with them even out of a shipwreck.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philosophy">Philosophy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristippus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Philosophy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaics" title="Cyrenaics">Cyrenaics</a></div> <style 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title="Template talk:Hedonism"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Hedonism" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Hedonism"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Aristippus' philosophies centered around hedonism. Having been a pupil of <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, Aristippus recognized <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>' enjoyment of things like parties, the drinking of wine and accepting gifts.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Intrigued by such acts, Aristippus eventually formed the philosophy of ethical <a href="/wiki/Hedonism" title="Hedonism">hedonism</a>. Aristippus viewed pleasure and the pursuit of pleasure as life's supreme good, as well as valued the importance of not becoming possessed or enslaved by such pleasurable acts and objects.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By way of his philosophy, Aristippus' famous phrase, "I possess, I am not possessed," emerged.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having stressed his beliefs, Aristippus admonished his followers to never harm others, and cautioned that the pursuit of pleasure ought to be moderated by moral self-restraint.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After forming his philosophy, Aristippus started the <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaics" title="Cyrenaics">Cyrenaic school</a> of philosophy where his philosophical principles would be taught, further structured, and turned into a comprehensive system by his daughter, <a href="/wiki/Arete_of_Cyrene" title="Arete of Cyrene">Arete</a>, and his grandson, <a href="/wiki/Aristippus_the_Younger" title="Aristippus the Younger">Aristippus the Younger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite Aristippus' bringing attention to the value of pursuing pleasure albeit in moderation, Aristippus' hedonistic philosophy often received backlash by <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> and his fellow-pupils. While <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> did indulge in such activities like parties, drinking wine and accepting gifts, Socrates viewed virtue as more valuable than pleasure.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since Aristippus valued pleasure more than <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> did and found less intrinsic value in virtue, other philosophers, like <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xenophon" title="Xenophon">Xenophon</a>, supported as well as initiated the accusation that Aristippus had defied and had strayed from <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>' philosophical teachings.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a> is also noted for calling him a <a href="/wiki/Sophist" title="Sophist">sophist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the differences in philosophical values and beliefs, Aristippus and his hedonistic philosophy separated him from <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> as well as from other prominent philosophers at that time. One notable example of philosophers demonstrating disdain for Aristippus' values is in <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Phaedo" title="Phaedo">Phaedo</a>,</i> where <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a> describes Aristippus having been at <a href="/wiki/Aegina" title="Aegina">Aegina</a>, a pleasure resort, rather attending as a witness of <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>' death. </p><p>Of the anecdotes that survive about Aristippus, those from <a href="/wiki/Diogenes_La%C3%ABrtius" class="mw-redirect" title="Diogenes Laërtius">Diogenes Laërtius</a> are the most abundant.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diogenes asserts, for example, that to observe the precepts of Aristippus is "to endeavor to adapt circumstances to myself, not myself to circumstances"<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that, "every complexion of life, every station and circumstance sat gracefully upon him." Another such report is of Aristippus being reproached for his love of bodily indulgences, to which Aristippus is said to have answered, "It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without ever being worsted."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristippus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>None of Aristippus's works are extant. Diogenes Laërtius, on the authority of <a href="/wiki/Sotion" title="Sotion">Sotion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panaetius" title="Panaetius">Panaetius</a>, gives a long list of books whose authorship is ascribed to Aristippus, though he also states that according to <a href="/wiki/Sosicrates" title="Sosicrates">Sosicrates</a> of Rhodes, Aristippus never wrote anything.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaërtius1925§_83-5_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaërtius1925§_83-5-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some letters attributed to him are said by some to be forgeries. </p><p>One work attributed to Aristippus in ancient times was a book entitled <i>On Ancient Luxury</i> (or <i>On the Luxury of the Ancients</i>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Περὶ παλαιᾶς τρυφῆς</span>); although it has long been considered that this work could not have been written by Aristippus of Cyrene,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> not least because the author mentions <a href="/wiki/Theophrastus" title="Theophrastus">Theophrastus</a>, who lived a generation after Aristippus.<sup id="cite_ref-Castle_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castle-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name may have been adopted by the writer to suggest a connection with the hedonistic philosopher.<sup id="cite_ref-Gutzwiller_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gutzwiller-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This work, judging by the quotations preserved by <a href="/wiki/Diogenes_Laertius" title="Diogenes Laertius">Diogenes Laërtius</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has also been presumed to have been filled with anecdotes about philosophers and their supposed taste for <a href="/wiki/Hetaera" class="mw-redirect" title="Hetaera">courtesans</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece" title="Pederasty in ancient Greece">boys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Castle_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castle-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristippus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMark" class="citation web cs1">Mark, Joshua J. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Aristippus_of_Cyrene/">"Aristippus of Cyrene"</a>. <i>World History Encyclopedia</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-06-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=World+History+Encyclopedia&rft.atitle=Aristippus+of+Cyrene&rft.aulast=Mark&rft.aufirst=Joshua+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldhistory.org%2FAristippus_of_Cyrene%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAristippus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Aristippus_of_Cyrene/">"Aristippus of Cyrene"</a>. <i>World History Encyclopedia</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-07-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=World+History+Encyclopedia&rft.atitle=Aristippus+of+Cyrene&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldhistory.org%2FAristippus_of_Cyrene%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAristippus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Although the systemization of the Cyrenaic philosophy is generally placed with his grandson <a href="/wiki/Aristippus_the_Younger" title="Aristippus the Younger">Aristippus the Younger</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore2019" class="citation cs2">Moore, Andrew (2019), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2019/entries/hedonism/">"Hedonism"</a>, in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), <i>The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy</i> (Winter 2019 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-03-28</span></span>, <q>Ethical or evaluative hedonism claims that only pleasure has worth or value and only pain or displeasure has disvalue or the opposite of worth.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hedonism&rft.btitle=The+Stanford+Encyclopedia+of+Philosophy&rft.edition=Winter+2019&rft.pub=Metaphysics+Research+Lab%2C+Stanford+University&rft.date=2019&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fplato.stanford.edu%2Farchives%2Fwin2019%2Fentries%2Fhedonism%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAristippus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:2-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:2_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristippus">"Aristippus | Greek philosopher | Britannica"</a>. <i>www.britannica.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Detroit: Thomson Gale/Macmillan Reference USA. p. 619. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-02-865780-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-02-865780-2"><bdi>0-02-865780-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/61151356">61151356</a>. <q>Although he had two sons, Aristippus designated his daughter Arete as his intellectual heiress. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-06-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=classicalwisdom.com&rft.atitle=Aristippus+and+the+Pursuit+of+Pleasure+%7C+Classical+Wisdom+Weekly&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fclassicalwisdom.com%2Fpeople%2Fphilosophers%2Faristippus-pursuit-pleasure%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAristippus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Xenophon, <i>Memorabilia</i>, ii. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1177/1177-h/1177-h.htm">"The Memorabilia, by Xenophon"</a>. <i>www.gutenberg.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Gutzwiller, (1998), <i>Poetic garlands: Hellenistic epigrams in context</i>, p. 50. University of California Press</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Laërtius 1925, i. § 96; <a href="#CITEREFLaërtius1925">Laërtius 1925</a>, ii. § 23, 48–49; Laërtius 1925, iii. § 29–32; Laërtius 1925, iv. 19; v. 3–4, 39; Laërtius 1925, viii. 60.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristippus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bryan, V. (2013, December 24). <i>Aristippus and the pursuit of pleasure</i>. 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(n.d.). <i>A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology</i>. perseus.tufts.edu. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic%2Bletter</li> <li>Tikkanen, A. (n.d.). <i>Aristippus</i>. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristippus</li> <li>Xenophon. (2013, January 15). <i>The memorabilia</i>. The Memorabilia, by Xenophon. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1177/1177-h/1177-h.htm</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attribution">Attribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristippus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Attribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith1870" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(lexicographer)" title="William Smith (lexicographer)">Smith, William</a>, ed. (1870). "Aristippus". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology" title="Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology">Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Aristippus&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+Greek+and+Roman+Biography+and+Mythology&rft.date=1870&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAristippus" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aristippus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Voula Tsouna, <i>The Epistemology of the Cyrenaic School</i>, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1998.</li> <li>Ugo Zilioli, The Cyrenaics, New York: 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