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Single Idea 3021

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 3. Cyrenaic School ]

Full Idea

The Cyrenaics asserted that corporeal pleasures were superior to mental ones.

Gist of Idea

The Cyrenaics asserted that corporeal pleasures were superior to mental ones

Source

report of Aristippus the younger (fragments/reports [c.335 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.7.8

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.90

The 5 ideas with the same theme [Greek school which made personal pleasure central]:

3018 People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]
1751 Pleasure is the good, because we always seek it, it satisfies us, and its opposite is the most avoidable thing [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]
3019 No one pleasure is different from or more pleasant than another [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
3021 The Cyrenaics asserted that corporeal pleasures were superior to mental ones [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
3543 Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness [Annas]