PHILOSOPHER

Aristippus

434 BC - 355 BC

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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 349,069 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Aristippus is the 102nd most popular philosopher (up from 105th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Libya and the 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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  • 73.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Aristippus ranks 102 out of 1,267. Before him are Boethius, Jeremy Bentham, George Gurdjieff, Roger Bacon, Anaximenes of Miletus, and Al-Tabari. After him are Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Meister Eckhart, Zhu Xi, Emil Cioran, and Wilhelm von Humboldt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 434 BC, Aristippus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 355 BC, Aristippus ranks 1. After him is Eudoxus of Cnidus.

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    Aristippus

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    434 BC - 355 BC

    HPI: 73.69

    Rank: 1

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Aristippus ranks 6 out of 76. Before him are Eratosthenes (-276), Muammar Gaddafi (1942), Mark the Evangelist (10), Septimius Severus (145), and Arius (256). After him are Omar Mukhtar (1858), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), Idris of Libya (1889), Pope Victor I (100), and Khalifa Haftar (1943).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Libya

Among philosophers born in Libya, Aristippus ranks 1. After him are Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), Arete of Cyrene (-400), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (10), Anniceris (-400), and Lacydes of Cyrene (-300).

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