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was the only human good, but he had also accepted a limited role for its utilitarian side, allowing pleasure to be a secondary goal of moral action. Aristippus and his followers seized upon this, and made pleasure the sole final goal of life, denying that virtue had any intrinsic value.
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568:(for instance, that I am having a sweet sensation now) but can know nothing about the nature of the objects that cause these sensations (for instance, that the honey is sweet). They also denied that we can have knowledge of what the experiences of other people are like.
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2959:Acatalepsy
2943:David Hume
2888:Arcesilaus
2857:Pyrrhonism
2809:Scientific
2773:Skepticism
2679:Simplicius
2644:Iamblichus
2589:Nicomachus
2478:Arcesilaus
2445:Philodemus
2435:Metrodorus
2377:Posidonius
2367:Chrysippus
2306:Pyrrhonist
2230:Xenocrates
2225:Speusippus
2198:Panthoides
2039:Aristippus
1942:Euthydemus
1879:Protagoras
1852:Democritus
1815:Empedocles
1788:Anaxagoras
1739:Parmenides
1716:Xenophanes
1673:Hermotimus
1623:Pythagoras
1574:Heraclitus
1556:Anaximenes
1458:Pherecydes
1453:Epimenides
1169:References
1083:Annas 1995
1068:Annas 1995
1044:Annas 1995
960:Annas 1995
907:Annas 1995
804:Annas 1995
643:Pyrrhonism
623:eudaimonia
527:Philosophy
494:Aristocles
482:Sosicrates
447:Aristippus
330:Eudaimonia
192:Hermarchus
162:Aristippus
96:altruistic
63:Kyrēnaïkoí
52:Κυρηναϊκοί
3013:Responses
2933:Montaigne
2898:Carneades
2862:Solipsism
2852:Humeanism
2842:Cartesian
2814:Religious
2712:Favorinus
2674:Damascius
2516:Antiochus
2483:Carneades
2450:Lucretius
2422:Epicurean
2397:Epictetus
2372:Panaetius
2362:Cleanthes
2253:Aristotle
2178:Dionysius
2173:Euphantus
2125:Eubulides
2087:Menedemus
2059:Anniceris
1965:Classical
1932:Lycophron
1927:Callicles
1847:Leucippus
1825:Pausanias
1793:Archelaus
1772:Pluralist
1668:Calliphon
1653:Brontinus
1633:Philolaus
1501:Cleobulus
1496:Periander
1216:Cyrenaics
1095:Long 2005
888:Long 2005
873:Long 2005
830:, xiv. 18
791:Citations
671:Ptolemaic
649:and also
619:Theodorus
611:Anniceris
555:skeptical
533:hedonists
509:Theodorus
501:Anniceris
478:Panaetius
360:Suffering
355:Sensation
335:Happiness
275:Cyrenaics
197:Lucretius
57:romanized
44:Kyrenaics
40:Cyrenaics
2847:Charvaka
2659:Syrianus
2639:Porphyry
2627:students
2622:Plotinus
2546:Alcinous
2541:Apuleius
2531:Plutarch
2430:Epicurus
2212:Platonic
2193:Alexinus
2140:Pasicles
2135:Nicarete
2115:Ichthyas
2102:Megarian
2074:Eretrian
2031:Cyrenaic
2016:Menippus
2006:Diogenes
1983:Xenophon
1977:students
1973:Socrates
1884:Prodicus
1749:Melissus
1721:Xeniades
1683:Arignote
1648:Alcmaeon
1643:Lamiskos
1638:Archytas
1628:Hippasus
1592:Diogenes
1579:Cratylus
1538:Milesian
1486:Pittacus
1234:(2003),
1178:(1995),
995:Cicero,
748:Charvaka
732:See also
686:Buddhist
673:king of
655:Buddhism
651:Buddhism
615:Hegesias
538:Socrates
517:Epicurus
505:Hegesias
455:Socrates
350:Pleasure
325:Ataraxia
270:Charvaka
222:Yang Zhu
167:Epicurus
152:Jovinian
131:Thinkers
123:Hedonism
115:a series
113:Part of
92:Epicurus
88:Socratic
68:hedonist
2923:Agrippa
2893:Lacydes
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1606:Italian
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295:Yangism
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2634:Origen
2493:Cicero
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2314:Pyrrho
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2130:Stilpo
2011:Crates
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542:virtue
507:, and
474:Sotion
451:Athens
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320:Aponia
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3055:Lists
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2349:Stoic
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1993:Cynic
1899:Damon
1820:Acron
1762:Hippo
1481:Solon
759:Notes
726:Heine
722:Byron
675:Egypt
1744:Zeno
1688:Myia
1663:Damo
1491:Bias
1354:ISBN
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