Cyrenaic Flashcards
Pathos
Affection
Affections are both…
monochroi and private
They do not…
give us knowledge about the objects that produce them
Not criteria for scientific knowledge because…
they only provide knowledge about how the world affects us
Successful criteria for
Practice
Hedonism
pleasure ( in the sense of satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life
Telos : 1
The end of a double natural tendency that consists in searching for pleasure and avoiding pain
1 connecting to Hedonism
justifies it as a natural behavior that requires no reflection, but is not yet a formulation of philosophical hedonism
2: telos
the most complete expression of what is attributed to something. Affections that are pleasant are positive moral value, painful are negative moral value, and intermediate are neutral.
2 connecting to Hedonism
It is intentional so it sets grounds for philosophical hedonism
Ultimate end goal towards every action and deliberation has a comprehensive end
living pleasantly
The Cyrenaic Ethos
Aristippus’ maxim “I have but I am not had” Cyrenaic education wants to teach individual freedom and focuses on developing intellectual and practical virtues
Intellectual Virtues
epistemology, rhetoric formulation of ends
Practical Virtues
self-control, temperance, sociability
Acquisition Phronesys
Practical Wisdom
