- citizen.
Epicurus grew up
during the
final years of the Gr****
classical Period.
Plato had died
seven years before Epicurus was born and
Epicurus was seven...
-
philosophy founded 307 BCE
based upon the
teachings of
Epicurus, an
ancient Gr**** philosopher.
Epicurus was an
atomist and materialist,
following in the steps...
-
dilemma about the
problem of evil
attributed to the Gr****
philosopher Epicurus, who
argued against the
existence of a god who is
simultaneously omniscient...
-
eudaimonia refers to an individual's well-being.
Epicurus'
doctrine can be
considered eudaimonist since Epicurus argues that a life of
pleasure will coincide...
- may have been
wrongly attributed to
Epicurus by Lactantius, who, from his
Christian perspective,
regarded Epicurus as an atheist.
According to Mark Joseph...
-
deterministically caused.
Epicurus did not say the
swerve was
directly involved in decisions. But
following Aristotle,
Epicurus thought human agents have...
- of friends.
Since most of
Epicurus' 37
books "On Nature" are lost to us, the Prin****l
Doctrines are,
together with
Epicurus'
Letters to Herodotus, Menoeceus...
- of the Garden, the
school in
which Epicurus taught philosophy, some
people in the Greco-Roman
world regarded Epicurus as
their "Savior" (Koinē Gr****: Σωτήρ...
- world. This
interest in
using philosophy to
improve life was
captured in
Epicurus'
claim that "empty are the
words of that
philosopher who
offers therapy...
-
before the
historical Epicurus was even born), as backwards, foolish, fascistic, or all three,
while the
philosophy of
Epicurus is portra**** to be more...
