434 BC - 355 BC
Aristippus of Cyrene (; Ancient Greek: Ἀρίστιππος ὁ Κυρηναῖος; c. 435 – c. 356 BCE) was a hedonistic Greek philosopher and the founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristippus has received more than 286,435 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Aristippus is the 107th most popular philosopher (up from 113th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Libya and the 2nd most popular Libyan Philosopher.
Aristippus is most famous for his hedonistic philosophy. He believed that the goal of life is to find pleasure and avoid pain.
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Among philosophers, Aristippus ranks 107 out of 1,081. Before him are Roland Barthes, Ibn Taymiyyah, Theophrastus, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Henri de Saint-Simon, and Jacques Derrida. After him are Joseph Priestley, Friedrich Fröbel, Philo, Eusebius, Pyrrho, and Meister Eckhart.
1915 - 1980
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 101
1263 - 1328
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 102
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 103
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 104
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 105
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 106
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 107
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 108
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 109
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 110
265 - 339
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 111
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 112
1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 113
Among people born in 434 BC, Aristippus ranks 1. Among people deceased in 355 BC, Aristippus ranks 1. After him is Eudoxus of Cnidus.
Among people born in Libya, Aristippus ranks 6 out of 64. Before him are Eratosthenes (-276), Muammar Gaddafi (1942), Mark the Evangelist (10), Arius (256), and Septimius Severus (145). After him are Omar Mukhtar (1858), Callimachus (-310), Idris of Libya (1889), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Pope Victor I (100), and Carneades (-214).
276 BC - 194 BC
HPI: 84.59
Rank: 1
1942 - 2011
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 2
10 - 68
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 3
256 - 336
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 4
145 - 211
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 5
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 6
1858 - 1931
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 7
310 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 8
1889 - 1983
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 9
100 BC - 100
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 10
100 - 199
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 11
214 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 12
Among philosophers born in Libya, Aristippus ranks 2. Before him are Arius (256). After him are Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Arete of Cyrene (-400), Anniceris (-400), and Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10).
256 - 336
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 1
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 2
214 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 3
370 - 413
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 4
340 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 5
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 6
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 7
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 8
10 - 80
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 9