Aristippus

[ ar-uh-stip-uh s ]

/ ˌær əˈstɪp əs /

435?–356? b.c., Greek philosopher: founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy.

Example sentences from the Web for aristippus

Apropos of this, Aristippus on one occasion rebuked an empty-headed parent neatly and wittily.

Plutarch's Morals |Plutarch
When Aristippus was asked by someone, "Are you everywhere then?"

Plutarch's Morals |Plutarch
Having no writings of Aristippus left, we know this doctrine only as it is presented by others, and those too opponents.

Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4) |George Grote
The influence of Protagoras and the Sophists also played its part in moulding the thought of Aristippus.

A Critical History of Greek Philosophy |W. T. Stace

Aristippus taught that adultery and theft were commendable in a wise man, and Cicero plead for the last dreadful tragedy—suicide.

The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 |Various

Aristippus

/ (ˌærɪˈstɪpəs) /

?435–?356 bc, Greek philosopher, who believed pleasure to be the highest good and founded the Cyrenaic school