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Arete of Cyrene (or Arate of Cyrene) (fl. late 5th and early 4th centuries BCE) was the daughter of Aristippus
Aristippus

Aristippus of Cyrene, , was the founder of the Cyrenaics of Philosophy. He was a pupil of Socrates, but adopted a very different philosophical outlook, teaching that the goal of life was to seek pleasure by adapting circumstances to oneself by maintaining proper control over both adversity and prosperity....
 of Cyrene, a follower of Socrates
Socrates

Socrates was a Classical Greece Philosophy. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students....
. Arete is sometimes described as the successor of her father as head of the Cyrenaic school, but in fact it is not known whether Aristippus
Aristippus

Aristippus of Cyrene, , was the founder of the Cyrenaics of Philosophy. He was a pupil of Socrates, but adopted a very different philosophical outlook, teaching that the goal of life was to seek pleasure by adapting circumstances to oneself by maintaining proper control over both adversity and prosperity....
 himself or his grandson – Aristippus the Younger
Aristippus the Younger

Aristippus the Younger, of Cyrene, was the grandson of Aristippus of Cyrene, and is widely believed to have formalized the principles of Cyrenaic philosophy....
 – was the founder of that school. Some scholars doubt that Arete was a philosopher in her own right, but there are indications to the contrary.






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Arete of Cyrene (or Arate of Cyrene) (fl. late 5th and early 4th centuries BCE) was the daughter of Aristippus
Aristippus

Aristippus of Cyrene, , was the founder of the Cyrenaics of Philosophy. He was a pupil of Socrates, but adopted a very different philosophical outlook, teaching that the goal of life was to seek pleasure by adapting circumstances to oneself by maintaining proper control over both adversity and prosperity....
 of Cyrene, a follower of Socrates
Socrates

Socrates was a Classical Greece Philosophy. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students....
. Arete is sometimes described as the successor of her father as head of the Cyrenaic school, but in fact it is not known whether Aristippus
Aristippus

Aristippus of Cyrene, , was the founder of the Cyrenaics of Philosophy. He was a pupil of Socrates, but adopted a very different philosophical outlook, teaching that the goal of life was to seek pleasure by adapting circumstances to oneself by maintaining proper control over both adversity and prosperity....
 himself or his grandson – Aristippus the Younger
Aristippus the Younger

Aristippus the Younger, of Cyrene, was the grandson of Aristippus of Cyrene, and is widely believed to have formalized the principles of Cyrenaic philosophy....
 – was the founder of that school. Some scholars doubt that Arete was a philosopher in her own right, but there are indications to the contrary. Her son was nicknamed "Mother-taught" and some historians say she was an ancient Greek philosopher who taught both natural and moral philosophy in Attica
Attica

Attica is a Peripheries of Greece in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. Attica is subdivided into the prefectures of Greece of Athens Prefecture, Piraeus Prefecture, East Attica and West Attica....
. Although she is said to have written 40 books, no fragments of her work or accounts of its content are available.