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Ideas of Aristippus the elder, by Text
[Greek, 435 - 356 BCE, From the Greek colony of Cyrene in N. Africa. Taught by Socrates. Grandfather of Aristippus the younger.]
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p.83
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1749
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If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now
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p.85
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3018
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People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Diog. Laertius]
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p.89
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1751
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Pleasure is the good, because we always seek it, it satisfies us, and its opposite is the most avoidable thing [Diog. Laertius]
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p.92
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1755
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Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Diog. Laertius]
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p.103
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5835
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The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Xenophon]
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p.227
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3558
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Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Annas]
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