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[filed under theme 23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism ]

Full Idea

A Cyrenaic will not consider anyone else of equal importance with himself.

Gist of Idea

For a Cyrenaic no one is of equal importance to himself

Source

report of Aristippus the younger (fragments/reports [c.335 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.7.9

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.92


The 8 ideas from Aristippus the younger

For the Cyrenaics experience was not enough to give certainty about reality [Aristippus young, by Plutarch]
Cyrenaics say wise men are self-sufficient, needing no friends [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
Even the foolish may have some virtues [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
Actions are influenced by circumstances, so Cyrenaics say felons should be reformed, not hated [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
For a Cyrenaic no one is of equal importance to himself [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
Cyrenaics teach that honour, justice and shame are all based on custom and fashion [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
No one pleasure is different from or more pleasant than another [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
The Cyrenaics asserted that corporeal pleasures were superior to mental ones [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]