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Aristippus (Aristippos) of Cyrene, c. 435 BC - c. 356 BC. Associate of Socrates, who founded the Cyrenaic school of philosophy. The first known philosopher to espouse the ethical doctrine of hedonism, or seeking pleasure.

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• Aristippus

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/aristip/
  Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on this founder of the Cyrenaic school, by Tim O'Keefe.

• Aristippus of Cyrene

  http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~dhutchin/j23b.htm
  Notes from a philosophy class session focusing on this ancient hedonist.

• Diogenes Laertius Lives of the Philosophers: Aristippus

  http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlaristippus.htm
  C.D. Yonge's translation of this collection of ancient anecdotes.

• Great Books: Aristippus

  http://russellmcneil.blogspot.com/2007/07/aristippus-c-430-270-bce.html
  Intellectual profile from Malaspina.

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