The Cyrenaics and Aristippus

The Cyrenaics were committed hedonists, whereas the Cyneics chose a life of deliberate hardship. They share the same goal, namely total freedom, and the same road to that goal, namely following nature. The reason we call them CyrenaICS is that Aristippus the older hailed originally from a town in modern-day Libya called Kairini. He was known as an associate of Socrates, and is mentioned by Xenophon as a character in his memoirs.