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EPICURUS AND HIS PHILOSOPHY - agathonlibrary.com
Epicurus was an erudite man and a trained thinker. He made the rounds of the contemporary schools, Platonic, Peripatetic, and Democri- tean, and he devoted several years to reading and study before offering himself as a teacher.
Epicurus, LetterMenoeceus - Manchester University
Epicurus (c. 341-271) was born on the island of Samos of Athenian parents, and thus was an Athenian citizen. He eventually established a philosophical school outside of Athens, next to Plato’s academy, where he bought a house and garden.
the garden of epicurus - Archive.org
30 THE GARDEN OF EPICURUS If you would taste true art and see a picture that gives a broad and deep impression, examine the frescoes of Ghirlandajo in Santa-Maria-Novella at Florence, representing the Birth of the Virgin. The old painter shows us the room where the mother has been delivered.
Epicurus - PhilPapers
Epicurus (341-271 BCE) was one of the most prominent philosophers of the Hellenistic era. Born on the island of Samos, an Athenian colony, he founded the Garden, a combination of philosophical school and community, in Athens in 306 BCE.
Hist 240 Diogenes Laertius on Epicurus - people.willamette.edu
The Lives of the Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius, is the most comprehensive ancient account of the lives of the early Greek philosophers. Book 10 contains the life and doctrines of Epicurus. Wise does not feign ignorance (directed at whom?) ...
The Life of Epicurus - Public Library
He was very unmoved at all disturbances, and even at death; as Epicurus tells us, in the first book of his Metrodorus. He is said to have died seven years before Epicurus himself, in the fifty−third year of his age.
Microsoft Word - Epicurus-PrincipalDoctrines-epicurusinfo.docx
Pleasure reaches its maximum limit at the removal of all sources of pain. When such pleasure is present, for as long as it lasts, there is no cause of physical nor mental pain present – nor of both together. Continuous physical pain does not last long.
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