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Epicurus: Webster's Timeline History, 387 BC - 2006 by Icon Group International, 2010-03-10
Epicurus's Morals by Epicurus, John Digby, 2010-02-12
The Greek Atomists and Epicurus. A Study by Cyril Bailey, 1964-01
Varieties of Unbelief: From Epicurus to Sartre by J. C. A. Gaskin, 1988-12-12
Epicurus by A E. 1869-1945 Taylor, 2010-09-03
LETTER AND DOCTRINES --- WITH LINKED TABLE OF CONTENTS by Epicurus, 2009-02-25
Faith of Epicurus (Goldbacks) by Benjamin Farrington, 1969-11
Letter on Happiness by Epicurus, 1994-10-01
PRINCIPAL DOCTRINES by Epicurus, 2009-04-25
The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers: The Complete Extant Writings of Epicurus, Epictetus, Lucretius and Marcus Aurelius (Modern Library Giant) by Whitney J. (Edited with Introduction by) Oates, 1957
Sir William Temple Upon the Gardens of Epicurus, With Other Xviith Century Garden Essays by Albert Forbes Sieveking, 2009-12-16
Lucretius and Epicurus by Diskin Clay, 1984-02
The Art of Happiness: Or, the Teachings of Epicurus (Essay index reprint series) by Henry D. Sedgwick, 1970-06
A Guide to Happiness (Phoenix 60p paperbacks) by Epicurus, 1995-12-22

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Epicurus (342-270 B.C.E.) And Victorian Aesthetes
epicurus (342270 B.C.E.), a Greek philosopher active during the Hellenistic period, had a defining influence on those identified as Aesthetes and Decadents
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Extractions: Victorian Web Home Visual Arts Victorian Authors ... [Education] Epicurus (342-270 B.C.E.), a Greek philosopher active during the Hellenistic period, had a defining influence on those identified as Aesthetes and Decadents , particularly Walter Pater and his occasional disciple Oscar Wilde Marius the Epicurean (and, in a more diffused way, in Appreciations ). His thoughts also inform Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray A survey of Epicurus's philosophy helps complete the picture of what the Aesthetes believed and allowed to influence their work. In Appreciations , Pater quotes Gustave Flaubert: There are no beautiful thoughts without beautiful forms, and conversely. As it is impossible to extract from a physical body the qualities which really constitute it without reducing it to a hollow abstraction, in a word, without destroying it; just so it is impossible to detach the form from the idea, for the idea only exists by virtue of its form (28). Flaubert and Pater concern themselves with "wholeness" of being; both believe strongly that the object must be studied in its entirety, or else it is not the object that is being considered, but a fragment that has no meaningful relationship with the whole. To use the example that Oscar Wilde paints in
Epicurus (341-270 B.C.)
epicurus (341270 BC). epicurus. Greek philosopher who was born on the Ionian island of Samos. Eventually, he moved to Athens where he opened a school of
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Extractions: Greek philosopher who was born on the Ionian island of Samos. Eventually, he moved to Athens where he opened a school of philosophy in a garden that he had bought and laid out for the purpose. He developed further the doctrine of atomism , as expounded by Leucippus and Democritus , including the idea that life exists elsewhere in the universe. In his Letter to Herodotus , he writes: [T]here are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours ... we must believe that in all worlds there are living creatures and plants and other things we see in this world... Everything, he believed, could be explained in terms of natural causes. As for the gods, he taught that they existed only in the spaces between worlds, having no interest at all in human affairs.
Positive Atheism's Big List Of Quotations
epicurus Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. epicurus, Fragments, no. 187, from The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
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The Epicurus Group
The epicurus Group is an international organization founded in 1978.
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Extractions: The Epicurus Group was formed in 1978. It has grown from a single, small management consultancy serving the needs of the banking and hospitality industries to an international network. Our consultancy units operate as a collective group of individual, licensed consultants working within the framework and parameters set by this, the parent company. Individual consultants are selected to participate based on skills, specialized services and resources. Each consultant participates in our group framework, online and off, with support for projects provided via the unit management, primarily, and Corporate, secondarily. Clients benefit greatly from this method as they do not have to hire individual consultants for different tasks. Our management brings in short-term work for each specialized task required. Background: Over the years, The Epicurus Group has expanded into a diverse range of work, including publishing (first to publish an all-digital consumer magazine); documentation (preparing businss plans and other documents for business, government and not-for-profit entities); banking services (evaluation of business plans and review of business loan recipients); operating a research institute (bespoke research projects); and a school for online management courses (non-accredited). The parent company serves to organize these into cohesive, smoothly run entities, each able to independently stand, but work in unison with the others for positive results.
Hegel's History Of Philosophy: Greek Philosophy
As regards the life of epicurus, be was born in the Athenian village of . For, besides this, we know a good deal about the philosophy of epicurus through
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Extractions: Part One: Greek Philosophy. Section Two With regard to the Epicurean philosophy, it is by no means to be looked on as setting forth a system of Notions, but, on the contrary, as a system of ordinary conceptions or even of sensuous existence, which, looked at from the ordinary point of view as perceived by the senses, Epicurus has made the very foundation and standard of truth (p. 277) A detailed explanation of how sensation can be such, he has given in his so-called Canonic. As in the case of the Stoics, we have first to speak of the manner which Epicurus adopted of Determining the criterion of truth; secondly, of his philosophy of nature; and thirdly and lastly, of his moral teaching. Epicurus gave the name of Canonic to what is really a system of logic, in which he defines the criteria of truth, in regard to the theoretic, as in fact sensuous perceptions, and, further, as conceptions or anticipations ( prolhqeis ) in regard to the practical, as the passions, impulses, and affections. a.
Epicurus: Free Web Books, Online
epicurus was an Hellenistic Greek philosopher, an atomic materialist, following in the steps of Democritus. His materialism led him to a general attack on
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Extractions: The University of Adelaide Library eBooks Help For Epicurus, pleasure was obtained by knowledge (freedom from fear), friendship, and living a virtuous and temperate life. Epicurus did not articulate a broad system of social ethics that has survived. Epicurean materialism is presented very simply, but anticipates a great deal of later scientific discovery in important respects. Dalton's atomic theory and Darwin's theory of evolution can both be seen in Epicurean writings. Some writings by Epicurus have survived. In addition, many scholars consider the epic poem On the Nature of Things by Lucretius to present in one unified work the core arguments and theories in Epicurus's writings. Epicureanism emphasizes the neutrality of gods on earth and that they do not interfere with the world we live in. It also states that gods, matter and souls are all made from the same thing (atoms). Souls are made from atoms, and gods possess souls, but their souls adhere to the bodies without escaping. In the case of humans we do have the same kind of souls, but the forces between our atoms do not possess the fortitude to hold the soul forever. Epicureanism is probably the first philosophical school which introduced the social contract, in that the laws established by this school of thought are based on mutual agreement, not divine decree.
Ethical Writings Of Epicurus Translated By Sanderson Beck
epicurus was born in 340 BC and was raised at Samos by his schoolmaster father. As an Athenian citizen he reported for two years of military service when he
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Extractions: Quotations of Epicurus Epicurus was born in 340 BC and was raised at Samos by his schoolmaster father. As an Athenian citizen he reported for two years of military service when he was eighteen. He taught philosophy in Asia Minor before buying a home and the Garden at Athens, where he taught from 306 BC until his death in 270 BC. According to the biography by Diogenes Laertius, Epicurus wrote extensively, but only a few letters and short sayings remain. His atomistic philosophy was later described in the poem On the Nature of Things by Lucretius. The ethical teachings of Epicurus are summarized in his Letter to Monoeceus and his forty Authoritative Doctrines . A 14th-century manuscript discovered in 1888 from the Vatican library included many more sayings by Epicurus and is entitled Pronouncements of Epicurus . Other "fragments" are Quotations of Epicurus from other classical writers. The quote in the
Philosophy Of Religion .info - Biographies - Historic Figures - Epicurus
A brief biography of the ancient Greek philosopher epicurus, and a summary of his epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher, born on the island Samos.
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Extractions: You are here: Philosophy of Religion Biographies Historic Figures > Epicurus Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher, born on the island Samos. He was the founder of the Garden, a school of philosophy in Athens, but his views were far more widely dispersed than that, as the existence of Epicurean communities as far off as Syria demonstrates. Though he wrote much, little of Epicurus works survives; Diogenes Laertius Lives of the Eminent Philosophers preserves a number of his letters and sayings, and Lucretius De Rerum Natura is believed to accurately represent his views, but there is little else remaining beyond that. Epicureanism was often regarded badly in antiquity. Its egalitarianism, with all being treated equally irrespective of wealth, sex, or status, was in part responsible for this. It was also, however, sharply inconsistent with the Christianity that came to be dominant in the Roman empire; though Epicureanism afforded a role to gods, they were not thought to be involved in the universe in any way, and it rejected outright the idea of an afterlife. A very early statement of the problem of evil is also attributed to Epicurus.
Societal And Economic Effects On Quality Of Life And Well-being (EPICURUS)
epicurus Partners. Centre for European Labour Market Research, Aberdeen, UK (coordinating partner) Contact epicurus by email epicurus@abdn.ac.uk
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Extractions: List of Partners Project Description Links Dissemination ... Partners Only Area Societal and economic effects on quality of life and well-being: preference identification and priority setting in response to changes in labour market status A project supported by the European Commission through the Fifth Framework Programme "Improving Human Potential" (contract number: HPSE-CT-2002-00143). "We must meditate on what brings happiness, since if we have that, we have everything.
Epicurus - Wikiquote
epicurus (341 BC 270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher whose ideas gave rise to systems of thought known as Epicureanism.
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Extractions: Jump to: navigation search It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly. Epicurus (341 BC - 270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher whose ideas gave rise to systems of thought known as Epicureanism Unsourced External links ... Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy. From the esplanade wall at Oenoanda , now in Turkey . As written by Diogenes of Oenoanda Don't fear god, What is terrible is easy to endure. The " Tetrapharmakos " [ÏÎµÏÏÎ±ÏÎ¬ÏÎ¼Î±ÎºÎ¿Ï], or "The four-part cure" of Epicurus, from the " Herculaneum Papyrus", 1005, 4.9-14 of Philodemus , as translated in The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia (1994) edited by D. S. Hutchinson, p. vi
Ziniewicz On Epicurus
(epicurus was physically ill for much of his life.) Additional quotations from epicurus Vatican Sayings. See XIV, XXIII, XXV, XXXI, XXXIV, XLI, XLV,
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Extractions: by Gordon L. Ziniewicz 1. The purpose of philosophy is not to pursue knowledge for its own sake, but to bring about peace of mind and body. 2. Happiness is peace of mind and body. It is tranquillity or undisturbedness (ataraxia), the quiet of a mind free from fear and a body content with natural satisfactions. 3. The soul and the body are composed of indivisible small particles called atoms. All that exists is either atoms, bodies compounded of atoms, or void (pure empty space within which atoms move). The human body is composed of coarser atoms that tend to hold together. The human soul is composed of very fine and smooth atoms that are dispersed, if they are not held in by the body. 4. The universe is eternal: atoms are eternal and indestructible and infinite in number. The void is infinite in extent (the void has no limits). 5. Atoms are constantly moving through the universe forming compounds. They generally move in a straight line, but they sometimes swerve, bumping into other atoms, vibrating back and forth and forming compounds. We cannot see atoms because they are very small and move at atomic speed. We can see things made of atoms because they organize into compounds large enough to see.
Epicurus - Research And Read Books, Journals, Articles At Questia
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The Legacy Of Epicurus
The Legacy of epicurus Did epicurus liberate man from the fear of God and from the fear of death? Was his theory correct?
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Extractions: You are here: Worldview The Legacy of Epicurus The most interesting aspect of your moral philosophy of happiness sans suffering is its familiarity. I detect an implied hedonism in many of your comments. I dont sense that you would agree with the Cyrenaics, who sought personal pleasure above all, especially sensual pleasures. They believed no benefit could be gained from logic or mental cogitation. The only knowable reality in Cyrenaicism was empirically recognized via the five senses. The Roman emperors Tiberius and Caligula sought this reality to an extreme. Epicureans still sought pleasure, but they recognized that the uncontrolled pursuit of pleasure often led to a decrease in pleasure later in life. They made it their goal to pursue pleasure in moderation. They also recognized that pleasure could be attained by gaining knowledge, a form of pleasure that the Cyrenaics rejected. As a teenager Epicurus read frequently the works of Democritus, a pre-Socratic philosopher and scientist who, along with Leucippus, constructed a theory of nature strikingly similar to that of early twentieth-century science. In the 3rd and 4th centuries BC, Democritus and Leucippus described nature as composed of atoms, the smallest indivisible unit of matter. They considered all of nature to be composed of either atoms or vacuous space. Since these fundamental components of nature existed eternally, no need existed to include a concept of God. Democritus was a strict materialist, whose philosophy, developed from his scientific theories, parallels the philosophical views of most scientists today.
Epicurus
A very famous argument of why we should not was offered some 2300 years ago by the philosopher epicurus. epicurus (341271 B.C.E.) authored around 300
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Extractions: Epicurus forum Encyclopedia of Death and Dying En-Gh B.C.E. B.C.E. B.C.E. hedone, Letter to Menoeceus ataraxia Arguing in his Principal Doctrines atomoi ). Epicurus accepted this as a reasonable explanation of life, and also saw in it the solution to human fears. As he puts forth in his Letter, in death the subject simply ceases to exist (the atoms are dispersed) and is therefore touched neither by the gods nor the experience of death itself: . . . death is nothing to us. For all good and evil consists in sensation, but death is deprivation of sensation. And therefore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not because it adds to it an infinite span of time, but because it takes away the craving for immortality. For there is nothing terrible in life for the man who has truly comprehended that there is nothing terrible in not living. [Death] does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter are no more. See also: P HILOSOPHY , W ESTERN ... OCRATES Epicurus: The Extant Remains
Epicurus :: Intro
An important topic of research in the epicurus program is to develop a computationalnetwork framework extending KPNs that addresses these issues.
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Extractions: Ambient Intelligence is the vision that technology will become invisible, embedded in our natural surroundings, present whenever we need it, enabled by simple and effortless interactions, attuned to all our senses, adaptive to users and context and autonomously acting. High quality information and content must be available to any user, anywhere, at any time, and on any device. A typical next-generation embedded multi-media system operating in such an environment is a mobile device that combines high-quality real-time media processing with acceptable usage times between recharges (e.g., mobile phones, gaming devices, pda's). These systems increasingly need high-performance, low-energy compute platforms. The solution is found in multi-processor systems integrating many average-speed and energy-efficient processing elements on a single chip. An important topic of research in the Epicurus program is to develop a computational-network framework extending KPNs that addresses these issues. We aim at both a sound theoretical framework and a programming environment. Important is the study of analysis techniques that provide insight in concurrency-, timing-, and energy-related properties at the specification level without fully implementing an application.
The Riddle Of Epicurus (Problem Of Evil)
The Riddle of epicurus (Earliest known statement of the Problem of Evil). If God is willing to prevent evil, but is not able to, Then He is not omnipotent.
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Epicurus. Greek Philosophers On Cosmology And Myth
epicurus. The Greek philosopher, his thoughts on cosmology, cosmogony, and myth by Stefan Stenudd, Swedish author and Historian of Ideas.
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Extractions: on Myth and Cosmology picurus (341-270 BC) had two principal teachers the Platonist Pamphilus in his teens, and Nausiphanes of Teos, who introduced him to the atomism of Democritus, in his twenties but he distanced them firmly, calling the latter a "scoundrel", to form his own school of thought, which was extraordinary in allowing both sexes as students.
Epicurus & His Philosophy Of Pleasure
From atomism epicurus developed a moral philosophy at odds with the myths about him.
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Extractions: zGCID=" test0" zGCID+=" test4" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') You are here: About Education Ancient / Classical History People and Places ... Submit to Digg Elsewhere on the Web Epicurus Atomism Epicurus Principal Doctrines Most Popular Major Gods and Goddesses of the World Fall of Rome Attila the Hun I.E. vs. E.G. ... Battle at Thermopylae From N.S. Gill Friedrich Nietzsche [www.epicureans.org/epitalk.htm. August 4, 1998.] Epicurus of Samos (341-270 B.C.) and his philosophy have been controversial for over two millennia. One reason is our tendency to reject pleasure as a moral good . We usually think of charity, compassion, humility, wisdom, honor, justice, and other virtues as morally good and pleasure as, at best, morally neutral, but for Epicurus, behavior in pursuit of pleasure assured an upright life. It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly. Whenever any one of these is lacking, when, for instance, the man is not able to live wisely, though he lives honorably and justly, it is impossible for him to live a pleasant life.
Epicurus
A year later, however, Antipater banished some 12000 of the poorer citizens, and epicurus joined his father, who was now living at Colophon.
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Extractions: Executive summary: Founder of the Epicurean School Greek philosopher, born in Samos in the end of 342 or the beginning of 341 BC, seven years, after the death of Plato . His father Neocles, a native of Gargettos, a small village of Attica, had settled in Samos, not later than 352, as one of the cleruchs sent out after the victory of Timotheus in 366-65. At the age of eighteen he went to Athens,. where the Platonic school was flourishing under the lead of Xenocrates . A year later, however, Antipater banished some 12,000 of the poorer citizens, and Epicurus joined his father, who was now living at Colophon. It seems possible that he had listened to the lectures of Nausiphanes, a Democritean philosopher, and Pamphilus the Platonist, but he was probably, like his father, merely an ordinary teacher. Stimulated, however, by the perusal of some writings of Democritus , he began to formulate a doctrine of his own; and at Mitylene, Colophon and Lampsacus, he gradually gathered around him several enthusiastic disciples. In 307 he returned to Athens, which had just been restored to a nominal independence by Demetrius Poliorcetes, and there he lived for the rest of his life. The scene of his teaching was a garden which he bought for 80 minae. There he passed his days as the loved and venerated head of a remarkable, and up to that time unique, society of men and women. Amongst the number were Metrodorus (d. 277), his brother Timocrates, and his wife Leontion (formerly a hetaera), Polyaenus, Hermarchus, who succeeded Epicurus as chief of the school, Leonteus and his wife Themista, and Idomeneus, whose wife was a sister of Metrodorus. It is possible that the relations between the sexes in this prototype of Rabelais'
Epicurus
epicurus was born on the Greek island of Samos, February 4th, 341 BCE, the son of a lower middle class cleruch Athenian settler, a teacher, called Neocles
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Extractions: EPICURUS BY SYNOPHION Epicurus was born on the Greek island of Samos, February 4th, 341 BCE, the son of a lower middle class [cleruch] Athenian settler, a teacher, called Neocles. He grew up against the backdrop of Macedonian expansion and empire building under Alexander the Great, being himself drafted into the Athenian army, in 323 BCE, at the age of 18 [alongside the playwrite Menander], to fulfill his compulsory two year military service, as an Athenian citizen. Later, in the same year, Alexander of Macedonia died, and the empire fell into disaray, and shortly after in 322 BCE, Epicurus's family were forced to evacuate Samos, along with other Athenians, to settle in the nearby coastal city of Colophon, north of Ephesus, on what is now the Turkish coast, where Epicurus was soon to join them, after his discharge from the army. Equal to the political instability of the time, was the passion for philosophy [with the new and rising schools of Plato and Aristotle], that were capturing the popular imagination, a similar process that happened in India, just 150yrs earlier, during the time of Gotama Buddha, when India was threatened by the expansion of the Persian Empire. It would appear that adversity and social insecurity has a fertile effect on the human mind and its quest to understand the nature of existence. As a young teenager [12-14 onward] Epicurus began to study philosophy, particularly that of Plato, taught to him by his mentor Pamphilus of Samos, and his passion for knowledge was to continue for many years after this. Soon after his discharge from the Athenian army, and after a short visit to his parents in Colophon, he moved to the nearby city of Teos, to study under the Democritean Nausiphanes. Though their association was short, and not amicable, for Epicurus was somewhat unconventional and independent, the atomic teaching of Demicritus had an everlasting impact on Epicurus, and for many years he was content to call himself a Democritean.

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