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Do you often hear about Aristippus? Hardly. And you don't hear about it, because Aristippus ' hedonism is as straightforward as possible.
For Epicurus, the ultimate good is ataraxia, freedom from pain, and peace of mind. Therefore, any other pleasure can be compared in terms of consequences, preferring the one that will bring less pain in the future.�
For the Cyrenaics (followers of Aristippus), only bodily pleasures are important, all bodily pleasures are equal and valuable in themselves (they cannot be “generalized” or arranged in a hierarchy) and are understood as pleasures “in motion”, that is, in modern terms, pleasures “from the process” of eating, drinking, sex, etc.�
Epicurus ataraxia in this case cannot be considered pleasure at all, because pleasure at rest is the opposite of pleasure in motion. Rationality in the evaluation of pleasure is also alien to Cyrenaics-pleasure is momentary. What we want now is good.�
Epicurus cannot do without generalizing and comparing the results of different actions, and it is better if they all balance each other in serenity. For Aristippus, there is no gray area between pleasure and pain, so you need more dopamine, now.
Aristippus has pure hedonism: the meaning of life is in pleasant sensations. Epicurus has a dual goal of life, built on the combination and identification of pleasure and freedom from addiction (this latter goal is extremely developed in Buddhism): we don't just enjoy life, but enjoy life by getting rid of addictions, and get rid of addictions by enjoying life. One cannot be conceived without the other, and together they create the ideal of ataraxia, which roughly corresponds to the Buddhist upeksha (upekha).