• Aristippus the Younger (/ˌærəˈstɪpəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρίστιππος), of Cyrene, was a Cyrenaic philosopher in the second half of the 4th century BC. He was...
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    death. There are indications that Aristippus was conflated with his grandson, Aristippus the Younger. Aristippus, the son of Aritades, was born in Cyrene...
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    Cyrenaics (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    originated by the elder Aristippus, refined by Arete, and then further refined by Aristippus the Younger. After the time of the younger Aristippus, the school...
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  • a virtuous life -- as opposed to the position Aristippus, who holds that hēdonē is "wholly good". An example is the concept of proper pleasure or oikeia...
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    all that mattered. Diogenes and the Cynics continued this line of thought. On the opposite end, Aristippus endorsed the accumulation of wealth and lived...
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  • Hedonism (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    formalized by his grandson of the same name, Aristippus the Younger. The school was so called after Cyrene, the birthplace of Aristippus and where he began teaching...
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  • school of philosophy Aristippus the Younger (lived c. 325 BC), grandson of Aristippus, and also a Cyrenaic philosopher Aristippus, tyrant of Argos mentioned...
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  • Hellenistic philosophy (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    based on the ethical ideas of the Cynics. The Cyrenaics, beginning with Aristippus the Younger, the grandson of the founder, argued that the reason pleasure...
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  • The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness...
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  • The paradox of hedonism, also called the pleasure paradox, refers to the practical difficulties encountered in the pursuit of pleasure. For the hedonist...
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