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ANNICERIS , a See also:Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school. There is no certain See also:information as to his date, but from the statement that he was a See also:disciple of Paraebates it seems likely that he was a contemporary of See also:Alexander the See also:Great. A follower of See also:Aristippus, he denied that See also:pleasure is the See also:general end of human See also:life. To each See also:separate See also:action there is a particular end, namely the pleasure which actually results from it Secondly, pleasure is not merely the negation of See also:pain, inasmuch as See also:death ends all pain and yet cannot be regarded as pleasure. There is, however, an See also:absolute pleasure in certain virtues such as belong to the love of See also:country, parents and See also:friends. In these relations a See also:man will have pleasure, even though it may result in painful and even fatal consequences. Friendship is not merely for the See also:satisfaction of our needs, but is in itself a source of pleasure. He maintains further, in opposition to most of the Cyrenaic school, that See also:wisdom or prudence alone is an insufficient See also:guarantee against See also:error. The See also:wise man is he who has acquired a See also:habit of wise action; human wisdom is liable to lapses at any moment. See also:Diogenes Laertius says that Anniceris ransomed See also:Plato from See also:Dionysius, See also:tyrant of See also:Syracuse, for twenty See also:minas. If we are right in placing Anniceris in the latter See also:half of the 4th See also:century, it is clear that the reference here is to an earlier Anniceris, who, according to See also:Aelian, was a celebrated charioteer.
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