Arete of Cyrene Quotes
Arete of Cyrene was a Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school and one of the earliest women in the Western philosophical tradition. The daughter of Aristippus the Elder, the founder of the Cyrenaic school and the most prominent of Socrates's hedonist students, she succeeded her father at the head of the school and trained her own son, Aristippus the Younger, who was for that reason called Metrodidactus, the mother-taught. The quotes below are attributed to Arete of Cyrene, organized by topic.
Arete of Cyrene on Happiness
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Attributed to Arete of Cyrene:
“Pleasure rightly chosen and rationally pursued is the good of life.”
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Attributed to Arete of Cyrene:
“Wisdom guides the choice of pleasures, that none be regretted.”
Arete of Cyrene on Knowledge
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Attributed to Arete of Cyrene:
“She who teaches her own children well honors philosophy twice.”
Arete of Cyrene on Love
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Attributed to Arete of Cyrene:
“I owe my philosophy to my father, and my life to philosophy.”
Arete of Cyrene on Virtue
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Attributed to Arete of Cyrene:
“Mastery of self, not denial of pleasure, is the task of virtue.”