ARISTIPPOV SITUAČNÝ HEDONIZMUS V KONTEXTE SOKRATOVSKEJ A SICÍLSKEJ TRADÍCIE MYSLENIA

• Authors: Škvrnda František

Title variants

EN

Situational hedonism of Aristippus in the context of Socratic and Sicilian tradition of thought

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The following study deals with Aristippusʼ philosophy of hedonism and it is divided into three main parts. In the first part we analyse the problematic relation between Aristippusʼ philosophy and Socratic tradition of thought. In the second part we identify the possible affinity between Aristippusʼ philosophy and the so-called Sicilian way of life and we argue that Aristippusʼ hedonism represents a peculiar blend of Socratic and Sicilian philosophical tenets. In the third part we focus on crucial and fundamental theoretical notions that define metaphysical, ethical and epistemological aspects of Aristippusʼ philosophy. We identify three distinct features of Aristippean hedonism, namely presentism, aprudentialism and ethical hedonism. In the conclusive part of the study, we focus on the notion of situationism as another important feature of Aristippusʼ philosophy and propose to label his philosophy as ‘situationist hedonism’.

Keywords

EN

ARISTIPPUS; SOCRATIC; SICILIAN TRADITION; APRUDENTIALISM; SITUATIONISM; HEDONISM

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 77
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 178 – 191

Contributors

author

Škvrnda František

• Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave, Fakulta medzinárodných vzťahov, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava 5, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2573-3409

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2022.77.3.3