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Hang in there – this is the last one before you can feast on Plato!
PhilosophyToons: Aristippus: King of Pleasure
https://youtu.be/UJSE3UFElFM?si=81G9Uld6EHKnZ2JF
WIPHI: Open Access Philosophy: Ethics: Hedonism and The Experience Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ1dsNauhGE
Interesting, yeah? The philosophers focused on pleasure can get short shrift, without as many videos to pick from. One amateur videomaker even titled their exploration of Aristippus “the forgotten philosopher?” What do you think – does he deserve to be forgotten?
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Talk about Main Event, our next philosopher – Plato – has certainly not been forgotten. In fact, you have a buffet to choose from in every category of material we have to offer. There’s so much, only Plato & his student Aristotle get two pages each out of everyone we meet in Sophie’s World!
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King's College London/LMU: History of Philosophy without any Gaps – Instant Gratification: the Cyrenaics
http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/cyrenaics
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Aristippus of Cyrene 435 BCE - 356 BCE (approx.) from Sophie’s World
(First appears in the chapter titled "Hellenism")