Ideas from 'fragments/reports' by Aristippus the younger [335 BCE], by Theme Structure

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

5953	For the Cyrenaics experience was not enough to give certainty about reality [Plutarch]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

3023	Even the foolish may have some virtues [Diog. Laertius]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

3026	Actions are influenced by circumstances, so Cyrenaics say felons should be reformed, not hated [Diog. Laertius]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

3024	Cyrenaics teach that honour, justice and shame are all based on custom and fashion [Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3025	For a Cyrenaic no one is of equal importance to himself [Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 3. Cyrenaic School

3019	No one pleasure is different from or more pleasant than another [Diog. Laertius]

3021	The Cyrenaics asserted that corporeal pleasures were superior to mental ones [Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

3027	Cyrenaics say wise men are self-sufficient, needing no friends [Diog. Laertius]