Anniceris
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Anniceris was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school known for revising its hedonistic doctrine to emphasize friendship, gratitude, and social obligations alongside personal pleasure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anniceris canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2131691 — 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: Anniceris Context triple: [Cyrenaic school of philosophy, hasNotableMember, Anniceris]
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A.
Corinna
Corinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Boeotia, renowned for her choral poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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B.
Everina
Everina Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century English governess and writer, best known as the younger sister of feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft.
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C.
Atilia
Atilia was the first wife of the Roman statesman Cato the Younger and the mother of two of his children.
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D.
Enarete
Enarete is a figure in Greek mythology known as a matriarchal ancestor within a royal lineage, connected to several notable mythic descendants.
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E.
Armgard
Armgard is a feminine given name of German origin, historically borne by European nobility such as Armgard von Cramm, the mother of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
- 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: Anniceris Target entity description: Anniceris was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school known for revising its hedonistic doctrine to emphasize friendship, gratitude, and social obligations alongside personal pleasure.
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A.
Corinna
Corinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Boeotia, renowned for her choral poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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B.
Everina
Everina Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century English governess and writer, best known as the younger sister of feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft.
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C.
Atilia
Atilia was the first wife of the Roman statesman Cato the Younger and the mother of two of his children.
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D.
Enarete
Enarete is a figure in Greek mythology known as a matriarchal ancestor within a royal lineage, connected to several notable mythic descendants.
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E.
Armgard
Armgard is a feminine given name of German origin, historically borne by European nobility such as Armgard von Cramm, the mother of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cyrenaic philosopher
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ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ hedonist philosopher ⓘ |
| approximateFloruit | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Cyrene ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| doctrine |
friendship can be rationally chosen even at cost to one’s own immediate pleasure
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gratitude is intrinsically valuable ⓘ pleasure is the ultimate good ⓘ pleasures of friendship and social bonds are significant components of the good life ⓘ social obligations can justify self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced | later Cyrenaic tradition ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristippus
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surface form:
Aristippus the Elder
earlier Cyrenaics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy |
provided a bridge between radical hedonism and more social ethical theories
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represented a more social form of Cyrenaic hedonism ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
ethics
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hedonism ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Cyrenaic school of philosophy
ⓘ
surface form:
Cyrenaic school
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| notableFor |
emphasizing friendship in ethics
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emphasizing gratitude in ethics ⓘ emphasizing social obligations in ethics ⓘ revising Cyrenaic hedonism ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Cyrenaic school of philosophy
ⓘ
surface form:
Cyrenaicism
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| philosophicalStance |
moderated or revised hedonism
ⓘ
opposed purely egoistic interpretations of Cyrenaicism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of a branch of the Cyrenaic school ⓘ |
| region | Cyrenaica ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Cicero
ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
surface form:
Diogenes Laertius
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| teaching |
habit and commitment can bind us to friends beyond immediate pleasure
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we sometimes love friends for their own sake, not only for utility ⓘ |
| viewOnFriendship | friendship may be maintained even when not immediately pleasurable ⓘ |
| viewOnGratitude | gratitude should be repaid even when not advantageous ⓘ |
| viewOnPleasure | pleasure is not merely momentary but can include stable relationships ⓘ |
| viewOnSelfSacrifice | self-sacrifice can be reasonable for the sake of friends ⓘ |
| viewOnVirtue | virtue is instrumentally related to pleasure ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anniceris Description of subject: Anniceris was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school known for revising its hedonistic doctrine to emphasize friendship, gratitude, and social obligations alongside personal pleasure.
Referenced by (2)
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