Cyrenaic, adherent of a Greek school of
moral philosophy, active around the turn of the 3rd century BC, which held that the
pleasureof the moment is the
criterion of goodness and that the good life consists in rationally manipulating situations with a view to their hedonistic (or pleasure-producing) utility.
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Cyrenaic, adherent of a Greek school of moral philosophy, active around the turn of the 3rd century BC, which held that the pleasureof the moment is the criterion of goodness and that the good life consists in rationally manipulating situations with a view to their hedonistic (or pleasure-producing) utility.
The school was called Cyrenaic because Cyrene in North Africa was the centre of its activity and the birthplace of several of its members. Although the elder Aristippus, a Summary
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