
HoP 054 - Instant Gratification - the Cyrenaics
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Cyrenaics Emphasis on Present Pleasure
The Cyrenaics take their cue from Aristippus the older, who said he sought the easiest and most pleasant life. The man who has pleasure right now is satisfied with no anxiety about the future or regrets about the past," writes David Frum. He argues that our experience consists in nothing but being affected in various ways by things around us.
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