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Aristippus of Cyrene, pleasure and the present / Georgia Mouroutsou.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mouroutsou, Georgia, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient philosophy
- Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient philosophy, 2631-4118
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristippus, 435 B.C.?-356 B.C.?.
- Aristippus.
- Hedonism.
- Pleasure--Philosophy.
- Pleasure.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "This Element offers a new historical account of Aristippus the Elder's views on pleasure and the present. Instead of treating Aristippus as merely proto-Cyrenaic or anachronistically modern, it uncovers in the ancient sources a neglected form of hedonism that endorses a present-focused therapeutic policy, while exploring its underlying motivations. Aristippan hedonism promotes a moment-to-moment disposition to pleasure rather than its maximization through future calculation, supporting a euthymic model of well-being that prioritizes the present. After distinguishing Aristippus from the later Cyrenaics regarding hedonic calculations to maximize pleasure, the Element yet supports continuity with his followers in the cognitive elements of the concept and the experience of pleasure, challenging his alleged sensualism in this way. Once the historical groundwork is in place, the Element introduces the hypothesis of the plasticity of the present, which moves beyond historical interpretation to offer an ethical-psychological account of a sustained focus on present time"-- Cambridge Core.
- Contents:
- Introducing Aristippus of Cyrene : challenges and objectives
- A historical reconstruction
- Beyond historical reconstruction : Aristippus and the “plasticity of the present”.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed December 23, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mouroutsou, Georgia. Aristippus of Cyrene, pleasure and the present
- ISBN:
- 9781009766678
- 1009766678
- 9781009766661
- 100976666X
- OCLC:
- 1564130749
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000317296
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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