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Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BC), who flourished not long after Aristotle died, founded a school of philosophy that convened at his home and garden in Athens. Called 'the Garden', this school dedicated ...

To this we might add a second question. Epicurus also lent his name to many European languages: English, for example, in which “epicure”” once commonly meant, according to my Webster’s New Collegiate ...

With Epicurus’s philosophy, the root of happiness was grounded in the fact that one was able to recognise the simpler pleasures of life and was satisfied with them so that there were no unnecessary ...

How to be an Epicurean. By Catherine Wilson. Basic Books; 304 pages; $17.99. Published in Britain as “The Pleasure Principle”; HarperCollins; £14.99 IN CATHERINE WILSON’S manual on “the ancient art of ...

This page provides a brief overview of the thoughts of ancient philospohers Epicurus and Lucretius on the nature of God. Most histories of atheism choose the Greek and Roman philosophers Epicurus, ...

Step out of the rat race for a moment and consider the Epicurean life of simplicity and friendship, where gods and the supernatural hold no consequence and worrying about the afterlife is wasted time ...

The popular view of an Epicurean is that of somebody who focuses on pleasure as our guiding principle, indulging in the finer things of life to achieve happiness. And yet what the Ancient Greek ...

Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BC), who flourished not long after Aristotle died, founded a school of philosophy that convened at his home and garden in Athens. Called 'the Garden', this school dedicated ...