Cyrenaicadj.n.
/sʌɪrᵻˈneɪɪk//sɪrᵻˈneɪɪk/ A. adj.
Belonging to the school of the Socratic philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene, whose doctrine was one of practical hedonism.
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Cyrenian1828
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 62 Not Epicurus, nor Aristippus with all his Cyrenaick rout.
a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 585/1 The Cyrenaic doctrine..terminated in Epicurism.
B. n.
A Cyrenaic philosopher; a follower of Aristippus.
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Cyrenaic1586
Cyrenaicism1882
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 235 Aristippus and all the Cyrinaiks.
1753 L. M. tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman I. 200 [Aristippus] by birth a Cyrenian; from whence his followers were call'd Cyrenaics.
1889 Athenæum 2 Nov. 592/1 Even the Cyrenaics upheld a certain standard of personal dignity.
Derivatives
Cyreˈnaicism n. the doctrine of Aristippus.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of Aristippus of Cyrene or follower of
Cyrenaic1586
Cyrenaicism1882
1882 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 214 This reads like an avowal of Epicureanism or of the more selfish philosophy of pleasure known as Cyrenaicism.
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