Directory of Cyrenaic School Resources

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The Cyrenaic school of classical Greek thought (aka Cyrenaicism) was founded by Aristippus of Cyrene and flourished during the fourth century BC. Its principal teaching was hedonism. No Cyrenaic writings survive.

Resources in This Category

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Cyrenaic School of Philosophy

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04591a.htm
  Overview of this strain of classical thought, by William Turner.

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Cyrenaics

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/cyren/
  Detailed survey of this school of thought, by Tim O'Keefe.

• Voula Tsouna, The Epistemology of the Cyrenaic School

  http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1999/1999-10-02.html
  A review by Robert Todd of this scholarly work. Published in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review in 1999.

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