1st Edition

The Cyrenaics

By Ugo Zilioli Copyright 2012
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

The Cyrenaic school of philosophy (named after its founder Aristippus' native city of Cyrene in North Africa) flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. This book begins by introducing the main figures of the Cyrenaic school beginning with Aristippus and setting them in their historical context. Once the reader is familiar with those figures and with the genealogy of the school, the book... Read more
Introduction 1. Aristippus 2. Plato's testimony: the Theaetetus 3. Metaphysics: idealism and indeterminacy 4. Epistemology: affections and perceptions 5. Language and ethics: conventionalism and anti-eudemonism 6. Conclusion

Biography

Ugo Zilioli