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 pupil of
Socrates, was generally recognized as its founder, its flourishing occurred at a later date, probably at the end of the 4th century BC
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<span>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 pupil of Socrates, was generally recognized as its founder, its flourishing occurred at a later date, probably at the end of the 4th century BC.
According to the Cyrenaics, a man knows that things external to himself exist because they have an effect upon him, but he can know nothing about their nature. All that he Summary
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