Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Aristippus

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Greek philosopher Aristippus.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
Aristippus

Aristippus of Cyrene was a hedonistic Greek philosopher and the founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy. He was a pupil of Socrates, but adopted a very 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 hedonism. Despite having two sons, Aristippus identified his daughter Arete as the "intellectual heiress" of his work.

Greek - Philosopher | 435 BC - 356 BC
Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life.
The vice lies not in entering the bordello but in not coming out.
If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods. — © Aristippus
If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods.
It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.
Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women.
The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.
Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.
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