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Full Idea
Cyrenaics claimed our final good was pleasure, best achieved by seeking maximum intensity of pleasurable experiences, but they explicitly admitted that this was not happiness.
Gist of Idea
Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness
Source
Julia Annas (The Morality of Happiness [1993], 1)
Book Ref
Annas,Julia: 'The Morality of Happiness' [OUP 1995], p.38