Anniceris
Sign in to saveAnniceris (; fl. 300 BC) was a Cyrenaic philosopher. He argued that pleasure is achieved through individual acts of gratification which are sought for the pleasure that they produce, but he also laid great emphasis on the love of family, country, friendship and gratitude, which provide pleasure even when they demand sacrifice.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Cyrene
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- Cyrenaics
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- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- influenced by
- Aristippus
- student
- Philo the Dialectician
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- date of death
- 0360-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Anniceris (; fl. 300 BC) was a Cyrenaic philosopher. He argued that pleasure is achieved through individual acts of gratification which are sought for the pleasure that they produce, but he also laid great emphasis on the love of family, country, friendship and gratitude, which provide pleasure even when they demand sacrifice.
==Life== Anniceris was a disciple of Paraebates, and a fellow student of Hegesias. The Suda says he lived at the time of Alexander the Great (ruled 336–323 BC). Diogenes Laertius tells a story that Anniceris ransomed Plato from Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, for twenty minas. This may possibly refer to an earlier Anniceris, possibly the celebrated charioteer mentioned by Aelian.
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