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Definition of Epicureans

Epicurean
Epicurean Ep`i*cu*re"an, n. 1. A follower or Epicurus. 2. One given to epicurean indulgence.

Meaning of Epicureans from wikipedia

- been added by later Epicureans. These criteria formed the method through which Epicureans thought we gained knowledge. Since Epicureans thought that sensations...
- The Epicurean paradox is a logical dilemma about the problem of evil attributed to the Gr**** philosopher Epicurus, who argued against the existence of...
- rejected the teachings of the Epicureans specifically because he regarded them as theological "Dogmaticists". The Epicurean paradox or riddle of Epicurus...
- Look up Epicurean, epicurean, or epicure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Epicureanism is a system of philosophy developed by Epicurus ca. 300 BCE...
- by Roman Epicureans as incompatible with the highest good of pleasure, defined as freedom from pain. Tyranny also threatened the Epicurean value of parrhesia...
- a key component of the Epicurean conception of pleasure (hedone), which they consider the highest good.: 117–121  Epicureans break pleasure down into...
- 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...
- Marius the Epicurean: his sensations and ideas is a historical and philosophical novel by Walter Pater (his only completed full-length fiction), written...
- The New Epicurean: The Delights of ****, Facetiously and Philosophically Considered, in Graphic Letters Addressed to Young Ladies of Quality is a Victorian...
- Patro (Gr****: Πάτρων) was an Epicurean philosopher. He lived for some time in Rome, where he became acquainted, among others, with Cicero, and with the...