Aristippus

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ancient Greek philosopher founder of philosophical school hedonist philosopher

Aristippus was an ancient Greek philosopher from Cyrene, best known as the founder of the Cyrenaic school, which taught that immediate physical pleasure is the highest good.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Aristippus of Cyrene	14
Aristippus the Younger	5
Aristippus canonical	1
Aristippus the Elder	1
philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aristippus
Context triple: [Socrates, influenced, Aristippus]

A. Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
B. Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
C. Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
D. Menexenus (son)
Menexenus (son) is known in ancient Greek tradition as a son of the philosopher Socrates.
E. Xenophon
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aristippus
Target entity description: Aristippus was an ancient Greek philosopher from Cyrene, best known as the founder of the Cyrenaic school, which taught that immediate physical pleasure is the highest good.

A. Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
B. Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
C. Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
D. Menexenus (son)
Menexenus (son) is known in ancient Greek tradition as a son of the philosopher Socrates.
E. Xenophon
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ founder of philosophical school ⓘ hedonist philosopher ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury	5th century BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury	4th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ surface form: Cyrenaics Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ Plato ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
birthPlace	Cyrene ⓘ
citizenship	Cyrene ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
doctrine	mental and bodily pleasures are both valuable ⓘ only present, immediate pleasures are intrinsically valuable ⓘ pleasure and pain are the fundamental criteria of good and bad ⓘ pleasure is the highest good ⓘ prudence is needed to manage pleasures ⓘ the wise person controls pleasures rather than being controlled by them ⓘ
era	Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
family	Arete of Cyrene ⓘ
floruit	4th century BCE ⓘ
founded	Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ surface form: Cyrenaic school
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ surface form: Cyrenaics Epicurus ⓘ Hellenistic hedonism ⓘ
influencedBy	Protagoras ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Sophists ⓘ
knownFor	ethical hedonism ⓘ founding the Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ teaching that immediate pleasure is the highest good ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainInterest	epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ hedonism ⓘ
name	Aristippus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aristippus of Cyrene
philosophicalSchool	Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ surface form: Cyrenaic school School of Socrates ⓘ surface form: Socratic school
region	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean North Africa ⓘ
sourceMention	Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
teacherOf	Arete of Cyrene ⓘ followers of the Cyrenaic school ⓘ
viewOnEthics	the goal of life is a life of pleasure ⓘ virtue is valuable as a means to pleasure ⓘ
viewOnKnowledge	external objects are known only through their effects on us ⓘ we know only our own immediate sensations ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Socrates → influenced → Aristippus ⓘ

Cyrene → associatedWith → Aristippus ⓘ

this entity surface form: philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene

Euclid of Megara → contemporaryOf → Aristippus ⓘ