Diogenes Laertes, Lives of Philosophers bk 2 | Cyrenaic Sages, Virtue, and Happiness | Core Concepts

This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.

This Core Concept video focuses on the Life of Aristippus found in book 2 of Diogenes Laertes' Lives of the Philosophers, discussing the ancient Cyrenaic hedonist school of philosophy. This video discusses specifically how Aristippus and the Cyrenaics viewed the figure of the "sage" or wise person, how they understood happiness, and where virtue and the virtues figure into the good life.

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