# Aristippus

> He studied under Socrates, then broke away to argue that pleasure — immediate, physical, lived — was the only real good worth chasing. The split earned him scorn from his fellow students, but Aristippus built it into a school anyway, teaching that the trick wasn't renouncing desire but mastering it.

*Greek philosopher, founder of Cyrenaicism (c.435–c.356 BCE)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/aristippus

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** -435
- **Died:** -355
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Cyrene around 435 BCE, Aristippus came to Athens and became a pupil of Socrates. But he peeled off from the master's path, developing a philosophy that put pleasure at the center: life's goal was to adapt circumstances to yourself, stay in control through hardship and wealth alike, and never let anything own you — "I possess, I am not possessed," he said. The stance put him at odds with Socrates and the other students, who saw hedonism as a betrayal. He founded the Cyrenaic school around this vision of ethical hedonism. Late in life, he named his daughter Arete his intellectual heir over his two sons; she and her son, Aristippus the Younger, systematized his teachings and carried the school forward after his death around 356 BCE.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.9 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 24.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 7.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Academics, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189506)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippus)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Aristippus)
- [Aristipp](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipp)
- [Арыстып](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BF)
- [Аристип](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF)
- [Aristip](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristip)
- [Aristip de Cirene](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristip_de_Cirene)
- [Aristippos z Kyrény](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_z_Kyr%C3%A9ny)
- [Aristippos af Kyrene](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_af_Kyrene)
- [Aristippos von Kyrene](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos_von_Kyrene)
- [Αρίστιππος ο Κυρηναίος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9A%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Aristipo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo)
- [Aristipo](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo)
- [Aristippos](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos)
- [Aristipo](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo)
- [آریستیپوس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Aristippos](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippos)
- [Aristippe de Cyrène](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristippe_de_Cyr%C3%A8ne)
- [Aristipo de Cirene](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristipo_de_Cirene)
- [אריסטיפוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [अरिस्तिप्पुस](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8)
- [Aristip iz Cirene](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristip_iz_Cirene)
- [Arisztipposz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisztipposz)
- [Արիստիպոս Կիրենացի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D4%BF%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB)
- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristipp)
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- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristippos_z_Kyr%C3%A9ny)
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