Cyrenaic School Ancient History of Philosophy

The Cyrenaic school of classical Greek thought (aka Cyrenaicism) was founded by Aristippus of Cyrene and flourished during the fourth century BC. Its principal teaching was hedonism. No Cyrenaic writings survive.

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• - A review by Robert Todd of this scholarly work. Published in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review in 1999.
  
• - Overview of this strain of classical thought, by William Turner.
  
• - Concise paragraph from the 2001 edition.
  
• - Detailed survey of this school of thought, by Tim O'Keefe.
  
• - A concise article drawn from the online Britannica.
  
  

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