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    CE, Epicureanism all but died out, being opposed by other philosophies (mainly Neoplatonism) that were then in the ascent. Interest in Epicureanism was...
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    rejected the idea of a god concerned with human affairs; followers of Epicureanism denied the idea that there was no god. While the conception of a supreme...
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    Epicurus (redirect from Epicurean trilemma)
    In spite of this, DeWitt argues that Epicureanism and Christianity share much common language, calling Epicureanism "the first missionary philosophy" and...
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  • Look up Epicurean, epicurean, or epicure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Epicureanism is a system of philosophy developed by Epicurus ca. 300 BCE...
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    called Cassius' conversion a "conspicuous date in the history of Roman Epicureanism," a choice made not to enjoy the pleasures of the Garden, but to provide...
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    Ataraxia (category Epicureanism)
    5840/ancientphil200626141. O'Keefe, Tim (2010). Epicureanism. University of California Press. Sharples, R. W. (1996). Stoics, Epicureans, and Sceptics: An Introduction...
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  • experiences an uplift in the soul—joy (chara). Epicureanism was founded by Epicurus in the 3rd century BC. Epicurean physics held that the entire universe consisted...
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  • The New Epicurean: The Delights of Sex, Facetiously and Philosophically Considered, in Graphic Letters Addressed to Young Ladies of Quality is a Victorian...
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    Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (consul 58 BC) (category Roman-era Epicurean philosophers)
    reportedly a follower of a school of Epicureanism that had been modified to befit politicians, as Epicureanism itself favoured withdrawal from politics...
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    together with epicureanism as equally inferior to Christianity. Valla's defense, or adaptation, of Epicureanism was later taken up in The Epicurean by Erasmus...
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    The Bookman, Pater had disapproved of Wilde's distortion of Epicureanism: "A true Epicureanism aims at a complete though harmonious development of man's...
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  • Siro (also Syro, Siron, or Syron; fl. c. 50 BC) was an Epicurean philosopher who lived in Naples. He was a teacher of Virgil, and taught at his school...
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    The Epicurean is a novel by Thomas Moore, published in 1827. It relates the story of Alciphron, leader of the Epicurean sect in Athens in the 3rd century...
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  • flourished List of ancient Platonists List of Cynic philosophers List of Epicurean philosophers List of Stoic philosophers Aristotle, Metaphysics Alpha,...
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  • Patro (Greek: Πάτρων) was an Epicurean philosopher. He lived for some time in Rome, where he became acquainted, among others, with Cicero, and with the...
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  • ideogenetic question was long ago put forward in Greek philosophy (Stoicism, Epicureanism) and further developed to the full by the British Sensualists (John Locke...
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  • pleasure and avoiding pain. Lucretius (c. 99–55 BCE) further expanded on Epicureanism, highlighting the importance of overcoming obstacles to personal happiness...
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    over five books, in which Cicero discusses the philosophical views of Epicureanism, Stoicism, and the Platonism of Antiochus of Ascalon (whose hybrid system...
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    on the Arts and Sciences (1750) and Discourse on Inequality (1754). Epicureanism, based on the teachings of the Athens-based philosopher Epicurus, flourished...
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  • 1st-century BC Epicurean associated with Amafinius and Catius as one of the early popularizers of the philosophy in Italy. Their works on Epicureanism were the...
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  • "Collins: Apolitical". Retrieved 10 Nov 2012. Wilson, Catherine (2015). Epicureanism: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199688326...
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  • Apollodorus (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος; fl. 2nd century BC) was an Epicurean philosopher, and head of the Epicurean school in Athens. According to Diogenes Laërtius, he...
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    Vice (section Epicureanism)
    techniques used in Epicureanism involve challenging false beliefs and attaining beliefs that are aligned with nature. In this, Epicureanism posits an entirely...
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    angered by their misrepresentation of Epicureanism as mere hedonism.[close paraphrasing] Jefferson knew Epicurean philosophy from original sources, but...
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  • Principal Doctrines (category Epicureanism)
    Pythocles, the most authoritative writings in Epicureanism. The Principal Doctrines exemplify the Epicurean philosophers' practice of publishing summaries...
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  • recordings Pathe, Mingin, Burma Pathé, one of the three components of Epicureanism#Epistemology M. Pathe, a Japanese film studio no longer active Amadou...
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  • is no going back. The second possibility is what Tolstoy describes as Epicureanism. Being fully aware that life is ephemeral, one can enjoy the time one...
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    De rerum natura (category Epicureanism)
    complicated. Near the end of his first book, Lucretius defends his fusion of Epicureanism and poetry with a simile, arguing that the philosophy he espouses is...
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    and others have incorporated Epicureanism into their liturgies and traditions in various ways. There are also Epicurean organizations in Greece, Italy...
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    historian of philosophy specializing in ancient philosophy, particularly Epicureanism and Stoicism. In 1944, Hadot was ordained, but following Pope Pius XII's...
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