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Definition of Epicureans

Epicurean
Epicurean Ep`i*cu*re"an, n. 1. A follower or Epicurus. 2. One given to epicurean indulgence.

Meaning of Epicureans from wikipedia

- been added by later Epicureans. These criteria formed the method through which Epicureans thought we gained knowledge. Since Epicureans thought that sensations...
- Reinhold F. Glei believes that the theodicy argument is from a non-Epicurean or anti-Epicurean academic source. The oldest preserved version of this trilemma...
- rejected the teachings of the Epicureans specifically because he regarded them as theological "Dogmaticists". The Epicurean paradox or riddle of Epicurus...
- Marius the Epicurean: his sensations and ideas is a historical and philosophical novel by Walter Pater (his only completed full-length fiction), written...
- Look up Epicurean, epicurean, or epicure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Epicureanism is a system of philosophy developed by Epicurus ca. 300 BCE...
- The Epicurean is a novel by Thomas Moore, published in 1827. It relates the story of Alciphron, leader of the Epicurean sect in Athens in the 3rd century...
- is a key component of the Epicurean conception of pleasure (hedone), which they consider highest good.: 117–121  Epicureans break pleasure down into two...
- cause and effect. This was a point which Epicureans often used to criticize Democritus' atomic theory. Epicureans believed that senses also relied on atoms...
- Patro (Gr****: Πάτρων) was an Epicurean philosopher. He lived for some time in Rome, where he became acquainted, among others, with Cicero, and with the...
- Apollodorus (Gr****: Ἀπολλόδωρος; fl. 2nd century BC) was an Epicurean philosopher, and head of the Epicurean school in Athens. According to Diogenes Laërtius, he...