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Cyrenaic, a. and n.|saɪrɪˈneːɪk|
[ad. L. Cȳrēnaic-us, a. Gr. κῡρηναϊκός, f. κῡρήνη Cyrene, a Greek colony in Africa. In mod.F. Cyrénaïque.]
A. adj. Belonging to the school of the Socratic philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene, whose doctrine was one of practical hedonism.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. (1851) 179 Not Epicurus, nor Aristippus with all his Cyrenaick rout. 1845Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. 585/1 The Cyrenaic doctrine..terminated in Epicurism.
B. n. A Cyrenaic philosopher; a follower of Aristippus.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 222 Aristippus and all the Cyrinaiks. 1753L. M. tr. Du Bosq's Accomplish'd Woman I. 200 [Aristippus] by birth a Cyrenian; from whence his followers were call'd Cyrenaics. 1889Athenæum 2 Nov. 592/1 Even the Cyrenaics upheld a certain standard of personal dignity.
Hence Cyreˈnaicism, the doctrine of Aristippus. |