Antipater of Cyrene

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Antipater of Cyrene was one of the disciples of Aristippus, the founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy.[1] According to Cicero,[2] he was blind, but knew how to console himself by saying that darkness was not without its pleasures.

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  1. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, ii.
  2. ^ Cicero, Tusculanae Quaestiones, v. 38
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