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Single Idea 3027

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship ]

Full Idea

Cyrenaics say wise men are sufficient to themselves, and so have no need of friends.

Gist of Idea

Cyrenaics say wise men are self-sufficient, needing no friends

Source

report of Aristippus the younger (fragments/reports [c.335 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.7.13

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.93