Single Idea 3543

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

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 Reference

Annas,Julia: 'The Morality of Happiness' [OUP 1995], p.38