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Epicurus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Epicurus , 341-270 BC, Greek philosopher, b. Samos; son of an Athenian colonist. He claimed to be self-taught, although tradition states that he was schooled in the systems of Plato and Democritus by his father and various philosophers. He taught in several towns in Asia Minor before going to Athens c.306 BC There Epicurus purchased the famous garden that has become linked in the annals of philosophy with the Academy of Plato and the Lyceum of Aristotle. He was a generous and genial man who lived on the warmest terms with his followers. Although his writings were voluminous, only fragments remain.... Read more
Epicurus
Epicurus Epicurus (ca. 342-270 B.C.) was a Greek philosopher and the founder of Epicureanism...of the overt therapy philosophers and an upholder of the atomic theory. Epicurus was born either in Samos or in Athens. He spent his youth in the Athenian... Read more
Epicurus
Epicurus Should we fear death? A very famous argument of why we should not was offered some 2,300 years ago by the philosopher Epicurus. Epicurus (341 – 271 b.c.e.) authored around 300 scrolls, but only three letters and a few fragments have survived... Read more

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