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The Essential Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments (Great Books in Philosophy)

By Epicurus , Eugene M. O'Connor

Book information

Publisher
Prometheus
Year
1993
ISBN
9780879758103, 0879758104
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7488305 bytes)
Pages
100\110
Time added
2023-04-18 08:18:06

Description

Epicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the striving after an independent state of mind and body, imperturbability, and reliance on sensory data as the true basis of knowledge. Epicurus (ca. 341-271 B.C.) founded one of the most famous and influential philosophical schools of antiquity. In these remains of his vast output of scientific and ethical writings, we can trace Epicurus' views on atomism, physical sensation, duty, morality, the soul, and the nature of the gods.

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