| 单词 | Epicurean |
| 例句 | Thomas Hobbes, although he was not an atomist, had developed a materialist, Epicurean philosophy which was universally understood to be hostile to religion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We use the word ‘Epicurean’ to mean someone who seeks physical pleasure but, in the Renaissance, Epicureans were materialists and atheists and consequently unable to acknowledge any good other than physical pleasure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Hill may not have lived to know it, but suddenly in 1610 Epicurean philosophy had become ‘something serious’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Lucretius was an Epicurean and a stone-cold materialist whose influence steered philosophy and science away from religion. Thomas Browne, 17th-Century Author, Draws New Interest 2012-08-07T12:00:00Z Rice Epicurean Markets in Houston also carry her creations. Top 10 Places for Pie in Texas 2010-11-24T19:21:00Z As for Jefferson, the opening words of the Declaration of Independence testified to his attraction to Epicurean thought, which emphasized happiness as “the aim of life.” What America Owes to the Greeks and Romans 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z L’APICIO The Epicurean Group’s spacious restaurant in the East Village will close after dinner on May 20. Beyond Sushi, a Vegan and Vegetarian Favorite, Opens in Midtown 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The mood is merry and defiant, a mixture of Epicurean and stoic. Poem of the week: Horace: The Odes, Book One, IX, translated by John Dryden 2012-07-30T11:26:17Z Modernist design is puritan, but its fruits are Epicurean. Book review: ‘Sacred Spaces,’ a report on Modernism in religious buildinghs 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z So for a midsummer food festival, New York Epicurean Events is bringing farm products and chefs from the Catskills to Flushing Town Hall. African Eggplants Grown in New Jersey 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z A few Latin works have been identified, but most of these contain Greek texts relating to the Epicurean school of philosophy. AI Reads Ancient Scroll Charred by Mount Vesuvius in Tech First 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Mat Pond operates The Epicurean Trader in San Francisco, including four brick-and-mortar stores, an online shop and a corporate gift basket business. Small businesses brace for cautious holiday shoppers 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Although the Epicurean philosophers were critically responding to the work of Plato and Aristotle, it should be evident that they also have antecedents in Presocratic thought. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Pastry chef Carolyn Ferguson, who trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and owns Belle Epicurean in Seattle, will bake about a dozen different savory and sweet pies for the chain. A stellar Peruvian restaurant debuts in Lynnwood, plus 14 more Seattle-area openings 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Daniel O’Malley defended his decision to keep open Epicurean Edge, a specialty knife store, as a necessity to avoid layoffs. Where coronavirus outbreak started in Washington state, officials see hope as cases appear to be leveling off 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z In “The Anatomy of Influence,” a summation released in 2011, Dr. Bloom called himself an Epicurean who acknowledged no higher power other than art and who lived for “moments raised in quality by aesthetic appreciation.” Harold Bloom, literary critic who wrote of the ‘anxiety of influence,’ dies at 89 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z That’s pleasure in an Epicurean sense, named for the Greek philosopher. Review: Getty Villa’s ‘Buried by Vesuvius’ is exquisite and, at times, explicit 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The concept of hedonism and even the word Epicurean have very different meanings in popular usage now. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z And coincidentally, right as I got your question, I also heard from the nonprofit United States Healthful Food Council about its Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership certification program. Seattle restaurant recommendations: Where to go pre-karaoke, hailing the best Caesar salad and more 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Then comes the swerve—a central concept in Epicurean physics. The Quest to Unlock an Ancient Library 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The Urban Renaissance Group acquired the building and began renovations, leading to its first tenant, The Local Epicurean, a locally owned organic pasta company. ArtPrize, social club for arts, coming to Grand Rapids 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps, in an Epicurean sense, the obscene sculpture is a mockery of divinities. Review: Getty Villa’s ‘Buried by Vesuvius’ is exquisite and, at times, explicit 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The term Epicurean often refers to individuals who take especial pleasure in food and drink, like a wine connoisseur or someone obsessed with Michelin star restaurants. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The restaurant, which is the latest run by the Epicurean Group, opened in early June and takes only a limited number of same-day reservations. A Courtyard Idyll Beside the High Line 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Philodemus was born about two hundred and thirty years after Epicurus, and was a member of the Athens school of Epicurean thought. The Quest to Unlock an Ancient Library 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The Epicurean, Tampa, FL: A first of its kind food-centric hotel that combines a great restaurant, wine program with scheduled tastings, cooking school, patisserie and much more under one new roof near the Tampa waterfront. Hotel Test Drives: Reviews Of The World's Latest & Greatest Hotels 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The plump and innocent animal’s joyful jump is a virtual emblem of Epicurean delight. Review: Getty Villa’s ‘Buried by Vesuvius’ is exquisite and, at times, explicit 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The other is Epicurean Travel, which arranges tours to select destinations for people who enjoy the intersection of food, culture and history. My Career Shift: What I've Learned After Eight Months 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The Epicurean is a modern design hotel, but one uniquely built to fit its Hyde Park neighborhood setting. Hotel Test Drive: The Epicurean Hotel 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z A nineteenth-century commentator called him “an obscure, verbose, inauthentic Epicurean from Cicero’s time.” The Quest to Unlock an Ancient Library 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z For private equity firms, investing in basic training “will involve time, money and effort they are normally loath to expend,” the Epicurean Dealmaker wrote. One Way to Solve Private Equity's Recruiting Problem 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Wouldn’t Jehovah end up resembling one of the Epicurean gods—left with no responsibility but to enjoy Himself? How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World [Excerpt] 2014-03-14T13:50:00Z My goal is to get Epicurean Travel slightly profitable and then turn it over to my daughter and niece to run with me as an adviser. My Career Shift: What I've Learned After Eight Months 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Cooking classes and wine events are held regularly in the hotel’s high-tech Epicurean Theater kitchen. Hotel Test Drive: The Epicurean Hotel 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It will be found that Cicero, whilst having no sympathy with the Epicurean philosophy of his day, sided mainly with the Peripatetics, though inclining in a few points of detail to the Stoics. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The names of the authors are in themselves sufficient to show that the library belonged to a person whose principal study was the Epicurean philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Seneca is full of similar exhortations.197.According to Cicero, the first Latin work on philosophy was by the Epicurean Amafanius. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Its gods were the Epicurean deities who dwell aloof and careless of men; or the supreme Reason and Necessity of the Stoics, the anima mundi, of which human souls are fleeting and fragmentary images. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z The philosophy was Epicurean, but the chief works of the leaders of that school are with few exceptions not there. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z An Epicurean, Damis, and a singularly feeble Stoic are debating whether gods exist, and whether they exercise any providence for men. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The refined, artistic, sensual civilisations of Greece and Asia Minor might easily produce fine examples of the Epicurean type, but Rome was from the earliest times pre-eminently the home of stoicism. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The obvious conclusion from the frequent examination of the Epicurean account-book is that which Schopenhauer so triumphantly demonstrates,—pessimism. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The Epicurean—following out a suggestion of Aristotle—recognised the help which the free society of friends gave to the full development of the single seeker after a self-satisfying and complete life. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z From that era dates his being as a "Weltweise;" the heroic element vanished irrecoverably from his character; he became an Epicurean and a Realist; plucking flowers and hammering stones instead of looking at the stars. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z This proves to have been the Epicurean theory of life; and here he had carved up for all to read a simple exposition of the philosophy of his choice. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The Epicurean philosophy which rejected, the Academic philosophy which doubted, and the Stoic philosophy which simplified and sublimated superstition, had alike disappeared. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z His "Utilitarianism" is a fort manned with the most approved idealistic guns, yet with the Epicurean flag floating bravely over the whole. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The Epicurean saw more clearly that, if the everlasting city came from heaven, it could only visibly arise by initiation upon the earth. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z That he has failed of the highest fulfilment of his high vocation is certain, but he was neither Epicurean nor sensualist, if we consider his life as a whole. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The middle row, the first to be inscribed, deals with the Epicurean theory of atoms—not by apophthegm or aphorism, but with something of the fulness and technicality of a treatise. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z There are two great divisions of character corresponding very nearly to the Stoical and Epicurean temperaments I have described—that in which the will predominates, and that in which the desires are supreme. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The Epicurean lives in the little world of himself, and a few equally self-centred companions. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z And I am sure you are an Epicurean in acts of charity; you, who are universally read, and as universally admired, you cannot fail. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z It was not for the Epicurean aim of pleasure, but for use. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z He lived at home without taking any part in the life of the family, and reserved to himself complete freedom in the gratification of his somewhat Epicurean tastes and habits. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z But probably the most beautiful picture of the Epicurean system is the first book of the De Finibus, in which Cicero endeavours to paint it as it would have been painted by its adherents. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z To be sure, Mill, Spencer, and others have endeavoured to graft the altruistic fruits of Christianity on to the old Epicurean stock. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z In Rome this alienation from politics naturally allied itself, among members of the aristocracy, with the acceptance of the Epicurean philosophy. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Though the Sultan �shower'd favours upon him,� Omar's Epicurean audacity of thought and speech caused him to be regarded askance in his own time and country. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Smith's Curry Powder, a square of sugar, the juice of a lemon, and a saltspoonful of salt; add a tablespoonful of Epicurean Sauce, and one of French mustard. Tempting Curry Dishes 2012-01-03T03:00:10.097Z The Epicurean and the Sceptical schools developed unmolested, and even in the days of Socrates, Aristophanes was able to ridicule the gods upon the stage. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z After this lengthy prose extract, let us turn to the modern Epicurean poets. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z It is in his Letters to his oldest and most intimate correspondent, the Epicurean Atticus, that we should expect to find notices of his editorial labours. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It may be that the irreligious and Epicurean quatrains were written in youth, and the Munajat in his riper years. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Smith's Curry Powder, a tablespoonful of Epicurean Sauce, and the juice of a lemon. Tempting Curry Dishes 2012-01-03T03:00:10.097Z That Epicurean there is profaning the Holy Day. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Of all the men who thus strike scattered Epicurean notes, without attempting the impossible task of making a harmonious and satisfactory tune out of them, our American Pagan, Walt Whitman, is the best example. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z By the ordinary Epicurean his philosophy was valued chiefly as affording a basis for the denial of the doctrines of Divine Providence and of the immortality of the soul. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But also I have really got hold of an old Epicurean so desperately impious in his recommendations to live only for To-day that the good Mahometans have scarce dared to multiply MSS. of him. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Smith's Curry Powder and a tablespoonful of Epicurean Sauce, stir and serve with broiled or boiled fish, meats, etc. Tempting Curry Dishes 2012-01-03T03:00:10.097Z The Stoic, Epicurean, and Platonic forms of philosophy recognize two classes of mankind—the noble-minded who formed their disciples, and the gross multitudes whom they avoided as sunk hopelessly in degradation. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z Eating and drinking, as the most elemental relations of life, are the ones commonly chosen as applications of the Epicurean principle. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Hence it is that the tones of Lucretius might in many places be mistaken for those of a Stoic rather than an Epicurean. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z There is another Epicurean, with whose tenets he might have been thought to show even more sympathy—the easy-going poet-critic Horace. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Smith's Amboyna Cloves, ground; a pint of Epicurean Sauce, and fill the bottle with claret or Burgundy vinegar. Tempting Curry Dishes 2012-01-03T03:00:10.097Z So you would persuade me that you're an Epicurean who flings withered rose leaves and drinks sour wine. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z No Epicurean state or city could endure longer than it would take for the men who are in politics for their pockets to plunder the people who are out of politics for the same reason. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The existence of Cassius, who acted and suffered for the same cause as the Stoic Cato, shows that political apathy, although theoretically required by this philosophy, was not essential to a Roman Epicurean. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Was it the Epicurean maxim of Horace,—"enjoy to-day and put as little trust as possible in the morrow?" Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Cooking is a matter of the Epicurean temperament or, rather, with the British, the lack of it. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Some verses in 'The Epicurean' were put into French by Th�ophile Gautier for the French translation, and back again into English by Mr. Robert Bridges. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z The Epicurean will regulate his diet, not by the immediate, trivial, short-lived pleasures of taste, though these he will by no means despise, but mainly by their permanent effects upon health. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z It is his philosophical enthusiasm which distinguishes the teaching of Lucretius from the meditative and practical wisdom which has made Horace the favourite Epicurean teacher and companion of modern times. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z With respect to Celsus, the author of the following Fragments, he lived in the time of the Emperor Adrian. and was, if Origen may be credited, an Epicurean philosopher. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z Gibbon was such a man as Horace might have been, had the Roman Epicurean 935 been fonder of hard intellectual work, and less prone than he was to the indulgence of emotion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z While approving of the Epicurean physics, he rejects altogether the Epicurean negation of God and particular providence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The Epicurean will not lose an hour of needed sleep nor tolerate such an abomination as an alarm clock in his house. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z An Epicurean would not have thought of such a work—it would have been both appropriate and necessary in connection with Neo-Platonism. Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:31.587Z Diogenes the Epicurean, having a very tolerable acquaintance with the doctrines of the sect which he professed, was by birth a native of Seleucia, in the district of Babylon. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z This explains in a measure why Christianity came to replace the Stoic and Epicurean philosophies. The Making of an Apostle 2011-07-26T02:00:19.187Z In the third part, the ethics, over and above the discussion on freedom, which on the whole is indefinite, there is little beyond a milder statement of the Epicurean moral code. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Whoever contracts his work and expands his play, on Epicurean principles, will of course have common sense enough to cut off hurry and worry altogether. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Only one face accords ill with the quiet scene and its solemn setting; a good-humoured, crafty, smiling, Epicurean countenance with fat cheeks and piercing, sharp, glittering eyes under grey, bushy brows. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z The genuine teaching of Epicurus he did not know; hence he considered himself an Epicurean. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The last, and, according to Moore's own authority, one of the most successful of his works, as far as a great sale constitutes success, was the prose romance of "The Epicurean." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z In the days of Augustus, Cleomedes still finds himself obliged to combat these Epicurean ideas about the setting and rising of the sun and stars. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Pleasure cannot be sought directly with success; for pleasure comes indirectly as the effect of causes far higher and deeper and wider than any that are recognised in the Epicurean philosophy. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Mr Robert Bridges has noticed a point in common between Endymion and the Epicurean in the sudden breaking off or crumbling away of the balustrade under the wayfarer’s feet. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The Cynic independence of all men; the Epicurean dependence upon friends. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z "The Epicurean" is a moral and religious story; and it has this great merit, that it has very little of the merely sensuous imagery in which Mr. Moore generally indulged. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z From the Stoa and the Portico of thought one must have an outlook into the Epicurean gardens of poetry. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z In his attempt to prove the Christian obligation on an Epicurean basis the inconsistency between his Epicurean principle and his Christian preaching and practice becomes evident. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z In these cynic weeds and with Epicurean good humour did he dictate his politics, and in this school did the heir of the empire attend his lessons and imbibe them.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Mr. W. Pater's Marius the Epicurean, which is built on this idea; also the excellent account in Mr. Bury's new History of the Later Roman Empire, vol. i. chap. i. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z The author of "The Epicurean" relates all this for the purpose of introducing an anecdote concerning his book, and we notice it for the same reason. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z But Mr. Gosse, the Epicurean in the House, would haunt the library rather than the dining-room. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Justice requires us to dwell more explicitly on these Epicurean shortcomings. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z That this cynic manner, and Epicurean speech, were only the outside of a manly and generous nature was well known to the personal friends of Fox, and is now universally allowed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Epicurus himself was not an 'Epicurean' in this sense, for he endeavoured to give a moral tendency to this doctrine. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Cicero, for example, who had attended the Epicurean school at Athens, and became himself an Academic, intrusted his son to the care of Cratippus, a peripatetic philosopher. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z But the Epicurean opinions were also fashionable there. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Evidently we are now on the track of a principle infinitely more subtle and complex than anything the pleasure-loving Epicurean, or the formal Stoic, or the transcendental Platonist has ever dreamed of. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The Knight touched the German with the wand, and the Epicurean swine stood there perfectly sound and well. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The love-philtre in this report sounds apocryphal; and the story of the madness and suicide attributes too edifying an end to an atheist and Epicurean not to be suspected. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z It was thus that Lucretius was enabled to embody in Roman verse the whole Epicurean system, and Catullus to imitate or translate the lighter amatory and epigrammatic compositions of the Greeks. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Torquatus engages their host in philosophical discussion, by requesting to know his objections to the Epicurean system. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z But such noble losing of self without thought of gain is explicitly excluded from the consistent Epicurean creed. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Since she could not alter it,--indeed, she never tried to,--she evaded every difficult problem of existence, with the Epicurean love of ease which was her only enduring rule of conduct. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z What the other neglected theme, friendship, might have supplied, we may see in the tone of another Epicurean, the poet Horace. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z It is not, however, in this, which is only the old Cyrenaic or Epicurean answer, that the distinctive point of Hobbism lies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Lucretius was a sounder Epicurean, and gave to the precepts of his master all the dignity and grace which poetical embellishment could bestow. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The problem of evil was the great problem of the Stoic, as the problem of pleasure was the problem of the Epicurean. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z His sceptical, ironical, Epicurean attitude towards non-material things is characteristic of the decadence of this period in which mental activity had outgrown morality. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Friendship was highly honoured in all ancient states; and the Epicurean philosophy, in banishing so many traditional forms of sentiment, could only intensify the emphasis on friendship. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The last of his prose works, and that which has attained a greater sale, we believe, than any of them, was the romance of The Epicurean. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z The Epicurean canon is a rejection of logic; it sticks fast to the one point that “sensation is sensation,” and there is no more to be made of it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Before we find the perfect guidance of life we must look beyond the Stoic as well as the Epicurean, to Plato, to Aristotle, and, above all, to Jesus. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z And I relax with members of the Wine and Epicurean clubs. Chat Transcript: Chicago Booth Admissions 2011-01-24T17:20:00Z At the same time, a naturalism extended impartially over moral facts brings home a lesson of tolerance, scepticism, and independence which, without contradicting Epicurean principles, would very much enlarge and transform Epicurean sentiment. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The wind inside was very highly perfumed, and sighed with very pleasing murmurs, but it was only wind, and, as such, will ooze out presently, and the Epicurean bag will be little regarded. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Physics.—In the Epicurean physics there are two parts—a general metaphysic and psychology, and a special explanation of particular phenomena of nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He says that the Epicurean is like a musician who tunes his violin as much as he can without breaking the strings. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z It is of course the basis of Moore's prose romance, The Epicurean, but his collected works contain a considerable fragment of Alciphron, his first sketch of it in verse, which dates from this time. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z History would have opened to the Epicurean poet a new dimension of nature and a more varied spectacle of folly. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z She was by inclination and profession an Epicurean and an avowed sensualist. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The happiness of the Epicurean was, it might almost seem, a grave and solemn pleasure—a quiet unobtrusive ease of heart, but not exuberance and excitement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Travel, foreign, the paradise of Epicurean women, 42. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z This is a doctrine that tends directly to subvert our faith, and to precipitate men into despair, or into a rude, lawless and Epicurean mode of life, as appears by woful experience. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Another conflicting culinary event is even closer, in Hamilton, where Grounds for Sculpture will hold its 10th annual Epicurean Palette fund-raiser on Sept. | Festivals: Never Too Many Chefs in These Kitchens 2010-09-19T05:20:00Z Even Julius Caesar, notwithstanding his Epicurean disregard of the religious ideas of his age, had encouraged the belief in his divine descent, as marking him out for the special favours of fortune. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The Epicurean School.—Even in the lifetime of Epicurus we hear of the vast numbers of his friends, not merely in Greece, but in Asia and Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The Epicurean's varied and spontaneous joy in life is not diminished, but enhanced, by the Christian Spirit, which multiplies this joy as many times as there are persons whom one knows and loves. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The Epicurean, the Cynic, or the Aristotelian, might pour their cold scorn on tales of wonder. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Last year’s Epicurean Palette, which is a more local event than the Summit festival, drawing mostly area restaurants and food vendors like the Bobolink Dairy in Milford, attracted close to 600 food and wine lovers. | Festivals: Never Too Many Chefs in These Kitchens 2010-09-19T05:20:00Z The most interesting of the minor poems among the Catalepton is one written at the time when the young poet entered on the study of philosophy under Siron the Epicurean. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Similarly, just because fear, hope and remembrance add to the intensity of consciousness, the Epicurean can hold that bodily pain and pleasure is a less durable and important thing than pain and pleasure of mind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z It has the Epicurean gladness without its exclusiveness, its joy without its selfishness, its naturalness without its baseness, its geniality without its heartlessness. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Philosophers of all schools, except the Epicurean, were swept into the current. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Like the Summit Wine and Food Festival, the Epicurean Palette depends on its vendors to donate food and services. | Festivals: Never Too Many Chefs in These Kitchens 2010-09-19T05:20:00Z In the case of amber, since there is another different method of attracting, the Epicurean atoms cannot fit one another in shape. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments In fact, it is only when we assume for man this independence of the gods and of fatality that the Epicurean theory of life becomes possible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z An Epicurean heaven, a place where eternally each should get his fill of pleasure at the expense of everybody else, would be insufferably insipid, incomparably unendurable. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Powerful philosophic schools, the Cynic and the Epicurean, poured contempt on all the arts of divination. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Ungrudgingly I gave up alcohol—almost a lifelong necessity—and for months I, the Epicurean, have been dispassionately measuring the supposed hardships of war that I might truly understand what a soldier has to undergo. Sonnets from the Patagonian The last is a philosophy of naturalism in the form of a conversation between seven learned men—a Jew, a Mahommedan, a Lutheran, a Zwinglian, a Roman Catholic, an Epicurean and a Theist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Neither sect, it may be added, advocated sensuality pure and unfeigned—the Epicurean least of all. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z There are points of undue strain and tension where Epicurean prudence would bid us forego the slight fancied gain to save the ruinous expense to health and happiness. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Although he occasionally mentions, and briefly discusses, the tenets of the Epicurean and the Stoic schools, it does not seem probable that Tacitus had much taste for philosophy. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Lastly, the Epicurean ideal, though containing no possibility of an exalted nobility, was yet by no means entirely selfish. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy His manner of thought is under the overpowering influence of the eclectic Platonism of the time, and not of the doctrine of the Epicurean school. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Epicurean philosophy is traditionally divided into the three branches of logic, physics and ethics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Though the lowest and least of them all, the Epicurean is one of the historical ideals of life. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z He assails with force, and even asperity, the Epicurean school for their attempt to rob humanity of it, on the pretext of relieving men of a load of superstitious fears. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius For, firstly, an interval of no less than five centuries separates the foundation of Neo-Platonism from the foundation of the preceding Greek schools, the Stoic, the Epicurean, and the Sceptic. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy There is one great and essential difference on the side of the Epicurean. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The Gods.—This aspect of the Epicurean physics becomes clearer when we look at his mode of rendering particular phenomena intelligible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Like the Christian church, the Epicurean school has been blessed with numerous progeny of this disturbing sort. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Lucilius, the young Epicurean procurator, who has been immortalised by the Letters, is only one of a large class of spiritual inquirers. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The rest of the Epicurean ethics consists in the interpretation of the idea of pleasure. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy See how rashly, we had almost said foolishly, he rates the Epicurean for his belief in the mortality of the soul. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. The Bible Story It requires something deeper and higher than Epicurean principles to lift men to a plane where Christian altruism is the natural and inevitable conduct which Mill rightly says it ought to be. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z His disciples Antisthenes and Aristippus prepared the way for the Stoic and Epicurean schools which dominated the Roman world in the last century of the Republic and the first of the Empire. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Thirdly, the Epicurean ideal of pleasure tended rather towards a negative than a positive conception of it. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy By some he was regarded as a Christian; but it seems more probable that he was an Epicurean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Alciphron is also the name of a poem by Thomas Moore and the hero of his romance, "The Epicurean." Every-Day Errors of Speech To be happy ourselves and radiating centres of happiness to choice circles of congenial friends,—this is the Epicurean ideal. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Plutarch, as we have seen, waged determined war with the older Stoic and Epicurean systems; yet his practical teaching is coloured by the spirit of both. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The Epicurean philosophy was both founded and completed by him. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In his search for his tea, most of his belongings were unpacked and tossed about the room in wild disorder, and a copy of Marius the Epicurean was brought to light. The Mountain Girl Never was Epicurean philosophy like theirs; they have a fine liberal sense of the blackguardisms that a man may commit, and yet not forfeit his position in society. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands For a lesson from the new Epicurean testament we cannot do better than turn to the sensible pages of Herbert Spencer's "Data of Ethics." The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The Stoic and Epicurean systems divided the allegiance of thinking people till the energetic revival of Hellenism set in. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius No subsequent Epicurean to any appreciable extent added to or altered the doctrines laid down by the founder. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy There shone that Anacreon in a cassock, the gay and sprightly Abb� de Chaulieu, who died a fervent Christian in the voluptuous abode where he had dwelt a careless Epicurean. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty The Cyrenaic School, founded by Aristippus, the forerunner of the Epicurean in its doctrine of pleasure, naturally attracted women, especially courtesans, into its membership. Greek Women Whitman, with this wild ecstasy, to be sure is an Epicurean and something more. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The lover of the great Epicurean poem of Lucretius on the 'Nature of Things' will often be surprised to find here the source of many among the Roman poet's most striking doctrines and images. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The Epicurean system is even more purely practical in tendency than the Stoic. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Celsus, the Epicurean philosopher, wrote that: "The Christian religion contains nothing but what Christians hold in common with heathens; nothing new, or truly great." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning After Plato's time, accordingly, we find many women engaged in the study of philosophy, not only among the Academicians, but also in the other philosophical schools, especially the Cyrenaic, the Megarian, and the Epicurean. Greek Women We may sum it all up in the picture of a worthy Epicurean's day. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z And it was due in particular to the solemn dignity with which he declaimed six lines of Lucretius, setting forth the Epicurean view that the gods do not concern themselves with human affairs. Studies in Contemporary Biography Elysium and Hades were as chimerical to him as the Epicurean heavens. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The poetry that followed was clearly Epicurean and in complete contradiction to the altruistic tendencies of the neo-Christian period, which found an arch enemy in Nietzsche, whose philosophy evidently influenced Merezhkovsky. Contemporary Russian Novelists While nothing but the names of the other Epicurean hetaeras have survived, Leontium, by her varied accomplishments, has won an abiding prominence in the intellectual world. Greek Women The Epicurean wants little wealth, no family, no official station; because all these things involve so much care and bother. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z That is the place for an amiable Epicurean to live in. Weird Tales, Vol. II. He is, indeed, a most Epicurean little gentleman, dealing in quaint devices, and faring in dainty delights. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Face to face with the Epicurean idea of beauty and pleasure is the counter-charm of purity, truth, and duty. Spenser Leontium had a daughter, Dana� by name, who was also a het�ra and a consistent Epicurean. Greek Women Aristotle rejects the Epicurean principle of pleasure; because, though a proof that isolated tendencies are satisfied, it is no adequate criterion of the satisfaction of the self as a whole. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Its language was the language of death and despair and annihilation and the Epicurean need of exhausting the hedonistic possibilities of life ere the final engulfing in darkness and silence. The Hound of Heaven He was an accomplished, though eccentric character, whose classical bent was in the direction of Epicurean parties. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series The three schools, the sceptic, the Epicurean, and the stoic, though widely differing in many ways, agreed upon one thing, in basing their philosophy on subjectivity, on mind rather than on objective nature. History of Human Society Though the Epicurean het�r� have brought reproach upon the sect, yet there were honorable women of irreproachable reputation who became members of the school. Greek Women Unbelief was Epicurean indifference, rather than earnestness in destroying the old creed. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Part of this volume is, however, devoted to the "Epicurean," a not unremarkable example of ornate prose in many respects resembling the author's verse. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 September says— The burthened earth abounds with various fruit, Which doth the Epicurean's Palate Suit. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The best and most attractive dialogues are those in which he can give free play to this Epicurean sentiment; forget his political mouthing, and inoculate us for the341 moment with the spirit of youthful enjoyment. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Her name became widely known both within and without Epicurean circles. Greek Women External evidence seems to testify that he was an Epicurean; but internal would lead us to classify him with the Platonic. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The book is the more valuable because of the material it supplies, in this and other places, for rebutting the charges that Peacock was a mere Epicurean, or a mere carper. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Greece responded by the creation of two great permanent types of philosophy which have influenced human ethics ever since, the Cynic and Stoic schools on the one hand, and the Epicurean on the other. Five Stages of Greek Religion The Epicurean poets are content with Herrick's simple moral— Gather ye rosebuds while ye may— and with his simple explanation— That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) When this apprehensive timidity of theirs is joined to a cold or selfish spirit, you can at best expect an Epicurean deportment from them. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed The tendency to total disbelief of the supernatural prevailed in the Epicurean school. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion He wept wildly, for he had lost one who tempered his rebuke with a kind word, and pointed out that Epicurean path which leads to enjoyment without excess: to pleasure, without a reaction. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." If a reader of Proclus and the Corpus Hermeticum wants relief, he will find it, perhaps, best in the writings of a gentle old Epicurean who lived at Oenoanda in Cappadocia about a. d. Five Stages of Greek Religion Epicurean rejects as superstition the search for the great universal year and the theory of the third rebirth. The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty "Epicurean!" they retorted, with contempt more withering still. Dreamers of the Ghetto Unfortunately, the possessor of the villa was a specialist, a student of Epicurean philosophy. Italy, the Magic Land Epicurean.—One who holds the principles of Epicurus— Luxurious, contributing to luxury. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." I regret to say that I cannot track this Epicurean 'tetractys' to its source. Five Stages of Greek Religion It is true that the conception of the typical world of Epicurean does not leave an adequate margin for historical studies, because, what lessons could be taken out of history? The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty He was, indeed, surprised to find Zussmann a believer in the Supernatural, having heard whispers that the man was as great an "Epicurean" as himself. Dreamers of the Ghetto He was of the Epicurean school in philosophy. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Of an agreeable and facile commerce, the editor of the Débats is a man of elegant and Epicurean habits; but does not allow his luxurious tastes to interfere with the business of this nether world. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Here he studied under Parthenius for some time, and then proceeded to Rome, where he had as his instructor, Syron, a member of the Epicurean school, of whose doctrines Virgil's poems bear some traces. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History The conception of Epicurean could be debated with multiple arguments. The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty I was disconcerted to find such Epicurean doctrines in a district where, but for my experience of Baer, I should have expected to see the ascetic influence of the Baal Shem predominant. Dreamers of the Ghetto His doctrines do not appear to have differed from those of Zeno; only that, from feeling the dangerous influence of the Epicurean principles, he endeavoured to popularize the Stoic ethics. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Epicurean!' came from every quarter at this grim jest; for the Shomer and the Shochet are the official twain of ritual butchery. Ghetto Comedies And whether this Ph�nomenon may be solved, either by the Cartesian, or Epicurean Hypothesis? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World That is my own theory of life, and I do not see that it is effeminate, or even unpractical; and it is a mere caricature of it to call it Epicurean. Beside Still Waters "Rabbi as thou art, thou art an Epicurean; thou sittest in the seat of the scorner." Dreamers of the Ghetto He was so far an Epicurean, as we all are. The Life of Cicero Volume II. But for such an Epicurean much praying will be necessary. Ghetto Comedies Celsus, an Epicurean philosopher who lived in the second century, was the author of a work written against Christianity, entitled "Logos Aleethees," that is, "Word of Truth." The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 It was, in its general form, a very prominent doctrine of the Epicurean philosophy. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 Southern races are sometimes indolent, but rarely Epicurean in their habits; it is the Northern man who sighs for his flesh-pots. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Go among our politicians, and you shall find this man and the other, who, in after-dinner talk, shall call himself an Epicurean, or shall think himself to be an Academician. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Ah, I forgot—your mother was an Epicurean with godless tresses; she did not bring you up in the true love of our land. Ghetto Comedies The Epicurean doctrine was, that sovereign happiness consisted in pleasure. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 Now, may all the Epicurean gods and goddesses confound this same chance, which, although I have spent a good deal of time over it, never showed me anything like sense, even from a distance. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Cæsar was, in his philosophy, an Epicurean, like most of the educated Romans of the time. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar He certainly was not an Epicurean, and he certainly was not a Stoic. The Life of Cicero Volume II. And now this Epicurean was come to trouble the snug security, to break the long chain of Sabbath observance which stretched from Sinai. Ghetto Comedies Far more original and consistent is the Epicurean attitude towards the popular faith. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Amongst other extravagances, he became a notable Epicurean, eating and drinking becoming the only pastime of his life, and in that excess, he at last fell down and expired.—Knox, &c. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies As Cassius is an avowed Epicurean, it may seem out of character to make him speak thus. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar And in that which each says there is to be found a germ of truth—though indeed Cicero makes his Epicurean as absurd as he well can do. The Life of Cicero Volume II. This learned Epicurean, become powerful, and the intellectual favourite of the most potent Sovereign in Europe, loved literature for itself with a sincere and disinterested attachment. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 Virgil was an Epicurean; Horace an Eclectic, now an Epicurean, then a Stoic; Augustus had a domestic philosopher. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The Epicurean and Peripatetic Sects, are the two Parties of Whigg and Tory, who both are greedy enough of Dumpling. A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) And even Epicurean advice is only the way to ignominious, contemptible happiness. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange He was an Epicurean and a stoic by turns. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It is a pretty sight, or rather Would be a pleasant thing, as the Epicurean Lucretius expresses it, "to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed at sea." Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas With a later thinker I reflected that if the Stoic knew more of the faith and hope of Christianity, the Epicurean came nearer to its charity. Apologia Diffidentis In Greece, the Cynic and Epicurean schools were only different phases of the same degeneration. Principles Of Political Economy It is obvious that this doctrine must lead to a social morality and a jurisprudence the very opposite of the Epicurean. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The three principal schools of ethical philosophy in Greece were the Peripatetic, the Epicurean, and the Stoic. A Manual of Moral Philosophy Such an education, though it may produce brilliant brokers and inspired financiers, with an efflorescence of preachers and base-ball players, certainly cannot produce "humanists" of the old, wise Epicurean type. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Indeed, he fled from her, and took refuge-sometimes with his sisters, for, like Charles Lamb, Pater was "Conventual" in his taste�and sometimes with the "original" of Marius the Epicurean. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions This is the Epicurean approach to detachment and perfection; it leads by systematic acceptance of instinct to the same goal which the stoic and the ascetic reach by systematic rejection of instinct. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory The decadence is strongly marked both in the Epicurean and Stoic schools. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Epicurean Long Ghost had set his mind upon visiting this terrestrial paradise, and thither his steady chum willingly accompanied him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 The Epicurean Philosophy is the subject of another fragment. The Care of Books The doctrine of Comus�if so airy a thing can be supposed to have a doctrine�is not very different from the doctrine of Marius the Epicurean. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Faith, nephew," said Tanty, sitting down in high good humour to the innumerable good things in which her Epicurean old soul delighted, "that is about as true a thing as ever you said. The Light of Scarthey Epicurus has been branded as a libertine, and the name "Epicurean" has, in almost all languages, become the synonym of sensualism. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Now, may all the Epicurean gods and goddesses confound this same chance, which, although I have spent a good deal of time over it, never shewed me anything like sense even from a distance. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler In truth, he had not that prudence which proposes for our supreme end the preservation of our prosperity, fortune, popularity, tranquillity, health—in a word, of all our goods—and which constitutes Epicurean wisdom. My Recollections of Lord Byron He was a Stoic in his personal qualities; an Epicurean so far as his theory of morals was concerned; and a Cynic in that he cared little for pleasure. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Hungry and ragged he wrote of Epicurean feasts and luxury that would have beggared the purpled pomp of pagan Rome and put Nero and his Golden House to shame. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays To "expel these fancies from the mind" as "inconsistent with its tranquillity and opposed to human happiness," is the end, 441 and, as Lucretius believes, the glory of the Epicurean philosophy. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Flavors too compound coax toward the Epicurean sty; the most compound of all is doubtless that of the feast which the pig eateth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 But it was the impassibility of the Epicurean, not of the Stoic, that sustained him. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 She would have died, acting out her character to the last sand of life, with the smile on her lip, and the soft languor in her melting eye, in all things an Epicurean. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 How he would have looked under the shadow of the Acropolis, the winds of the Ægean gently swaying his cerulean skirts, and the eager faces of Stoic and Epicurean reflected in the bright buttons! Amusement: A Force in Christian Training The haughty pride of the Stoic, the Epicurean abandonment to pleasure, placed them in direct antagonism to him who proclaimed the crucified and risen Christ to be "the wisdom of God." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles And with a stanza of Epicurean optimism from Horace the Essay closes. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. "Nor much more, I imagine," said Hortensia, not sorry to draw her mind from the subject which occupied it so painfully, "in the Epicurean!" The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 And deep thinkers were consequently driven into pure Deism, coupled too often with the Epicurean creed, that the Great Spirit was too grand and too sublime to trouble himself with the brief doings of mortality. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 If it was voluntary, then atoms had that power of volition before; and what becomes then of the Epicurean doctrine of the fortuitous productions of worlds? A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' But, before stating his relation to the Epicurean doctrine, it will be well to say a few words on the effect, as regards science, of the general introduction of monotheism among European nations. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 But there was also a positive influence at work to facilitate the use of the theistic argument by the Western Fathers in the prevalence at Rome of Stoic and Epicurean doctrine. The Basis of Early Christian Theism The Jewish God was little better than the Epicurean. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour Sir," said the P�re Longuemare to the Epicurean philosopher, "I ask you a favour; this God in whom you do not yet believe, pray to Him for me. The Gods are Athirst "The Epicurean" was not much of a novel, but the notes were full of amazing Egyptian mysteries, which seemed quite as splendid as the machinery in the "Arabian Nights." Confessions of a Book-Lover This is the same Epicurean doctrine afterwards preached by Lucretius, and I must return to it in the next lecture. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus The squire was sitting in his big armchair in front of the fire reading Marius the Epicurean, and trying to compose his nerves, which still vibrated unpleasantly after all the fuss about the shilling. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Had he been an Epicurean, as Origen supposed, he would have had no personal interest in the Logos. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour I always thought Saint Paul’s rule, that we should die daily, an exquisite Epicurean maxim. Mary Wollstonecraft Though a list of the great writers contain all the constituents of an Epicurean feast, yet to most of us it resembles the menu of a Gargantuan banquet. The Book-Hunter at Home The Epicurean gods were altogether out of reach of the conscience of the individual. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus The moral appeal of tradition appears with beautiful clarity in the opening chapter of Pater's Marius the Epicurean. Human Traits and their Social Significance My uncle has absolutely the genius of an ancient Epicurean transferred by accident into our own century. French and Oriental Love in a Harem In the first book, Velleius, the Epicurean, sets forth the physical tenets of his sect, and is answered by Cotta, who is of the Academic school. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity In person this antagonist confronted Descartes in the shape of Gassendi, the restorer of Epicurean materialism. Selected Essays Atticus was a man of the world and probably an Epicurean, and his friend in two successive letters half apologises for this strong desire. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus I lived on in this Epicurean style for some months; until, most unfortunately, my chère amie found a rival, in the daughter of an officer high in rank on the island. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer Without restrictions, but in full consciousness of the high mission which I have undertaken; without cheating myself with too small a dose of the intoxicating draught, I act like an honest Epicurean. French and Oriental Love in a Harem It is opened with a defence of the Epicurean tenets, concerning pleasure, by Torquatus; to which Cicero replies at length. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity I have aimed at living, like an ancient Epicurean, a life of tranquillity. Gryll Grange No help from Epicurism, which provided no religious sanction for conduct; Lucretius, and Epicurean idea of the Divine. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Galen, in his boyhood, learned much from his father's example and instruction, and at the age of 15 was taught by philosophers of the Stoic, Platonist, Peripatetic, and Epicurean schools. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine When nearly eighty, we find him writing elaborate disquisitions on grammar, astronomy, the Epicurean philosophy, and discussing style with Edward Everett. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 M. Fadius Gallus, the Epicurean, and M. Marius, the valetudinarian and wit, were among friends valued for their personal and agreeable qualities rather than for any public or political importance attaching to them. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Even Mr. Gryll took his turn, and expounded the Epicurean philosophy. Gryll Grange This is the Epicurean doctrine, which Caesar was said to hold. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Apollonius is said to have studied the philosophy of the Platonic, Sceptic, Epicurean, Peripatetic and Pythagorean schools, and to have adopted that of Pythagoras. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine Plenty of nonsense was talked we may be sure, and so there was, no doubt, in the Olive Grove of Academe or amid those surnamed Peripatetics and the Sect Epicurean. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 He has been at Athens, living in the house of Patron the Epicurean as a free man. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Thomas More, who seemed sometimes like an Epicurean under Augustus, died the death of a saint under Diocletian. A Short History of England To the Epicurean it was the most refined of the pleasures which made life worth living. Friendship When man, in the Epicurean spirit, embraces feeling, he makes himself a martyr to it—like Maupassant or Oscar Wilde. Fantasia of the Unconscious "May I die," says the Epicurean, "rather than make a fool of myself." A Short History of Greek Philosophy But Prof. Tyrrell points out that it might mean, "at the risk of your thinking me as Epicurean and self-indulgent as Saufeius, I say," etc. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order De Quincey is a Christian on Epicurean principles. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Yet it is most ingeniously tesselated into a sort of Epicurean Eclogue in a Persian Garden. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 What godless theory of Natural Law can compete with the Epicurean philosophy, as illustrated in the poetry of Lucretius? Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws Celsus, an Epicurean writer, despised the Christian doctrine as of "barbarous origin." The Agony of the Church (1917) Already I was developing an Epicurean taste for that spirit of beauty which flooded Annie Bray's humble life as well as her own. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Its object is to state clearly the leading principles of the Epicurean philosophy in such a form as might render the study attractive to his countrymen. A Smaller History of Rome So, for example, in the imitation of Horace's first epistle of the first book, the references to the Stoical and Epicurean morals imply a connexion of ideas to which nothing corresponds in Pope's reproduction. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series In "Marius the Epicurean," Walter Pater has given, as I think, a true picture of one who in the Roman era aspired to be a man. A Hero and Some Other Folks "I have been out of the social running for a long time, but I may as well admit that I am shamelessly Epicurean by nature, and an ascetic only when the necessities drive." The Price Fear, said the wise Epicurean, first made the gods. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America The aim ostensibly proposed by Lucretius, in his elaborate and masterly exposition of the Epicurean philosophy, is to free men from their absurd belief in childish legends and their painful fears of death and hell. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Lucretius was an Epicurean in life, perhaps, as well as philosophy, but I want to understand him better. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Althea smiled sadly as she made the reflection, for she was not of an Epicurean temperament. Franklin Kane It is simply a conversation between a Jew, a Mohammedan, a Lutheran, a Zwinglian, a Catholic, an Epicurean and a Theist. The Age of the Reformation He was very far from being the selfish Epicurean that has been sometimes represented. Gibbon Hume's Epicurean philosopher adopts the main arguments of the Analogy, but unfortunately drives them home to a conclusion of which the good Bishop would hardly have approved. Hume (English Men of Letters Series) When he was most occupied with the resuscitations of ancient manners, of which I have already spoken, I found to my surprise that he had never read Marius the Epicurean. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The same Gassendi, in his "Epicurean Philosophy," repeats several times that there is no mathematical evidence of the pure spirituality of the soul. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary In form it is a dialogue on ethics; one interlocutor maintaining the Epicurean, the second the Stoical, and the third the Christian standard. The Age of the Reformation The Ambarvalia is one of the most picturesque of the field ceremonies, and a peculiarly beautiful and imaginative description of it may be found in the first chapter of Pater's Marius the Epicurean. The Religion of Ancient Rome He seems to have been ascetic by nature—a Stoic, not an Epicurean, by the very make-up of his personality. Life of Father Hecker Catius, an Epicurean, has some levity in his way, but in the main is not an unpleasing author. The Training of a Public Speaker In Marius the Epicurean the one thing lacking was supplied by the faith of early Christianity. Among Famous Books Atticus.—You know, Brutus, my philosophy was the Epicurean. Dialogues of the Dead Instead of stroking Marius the Epicurean they fondled a copy of Prejudices. Masques & Phases But it is the grandeur, not of aspiration, but of defiance; not of the Christian; not even of the Stoic: but rather of the Epicurean. Health and Education Her Ladyship was an old woman who indulged and inspired herself with an Epicurean wisdom. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" We have seen how this same vague "sense of enemies" obsessed the youthful spirit of Marius the Epicurean, until it cleared itself eventually into the conscience of a Christian man. Among Famous Books I used to have to sit up all night by the fire and read Marius the Epicurean, to compose myself. The Half-Hearted Again, Marius the Epicurean is a failure by Pater’s own high standard: you would have imagined it seemed so to Mr. Benson. p. 130Dulness is by no means its least fault. Masques & Phases The Stoic, the Platonist, and the Epicurean, the Polytheist, the Dualist, and the Trinitarian, differ entirely in their conceptions of its meaning. Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer Here may be sufficient to remark, that the difficulty on the Epicurean assumption, that physical case and comfort is the most valuable thing in the universe: but that is not true even with brutes. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic We find it in Marius the Epicurean, and he found it in ancient wells of Greek philosophy. Among Famous Books So far as popular definitions of Stoic and Epicurean are concerned, he is much more the former than the latter. Horace and His Influence On the grey veld he used to read Marius the Epicurean, and sought in Mr. Pater the key to the mystery he was unable to solve. Masques & Phases Luther was not dead to the æsthetic, but to see faith and righteousness thus smothered and buried under a godless Epicurean life was an offence to his honest German conscience. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties He was the founder of the Epicurean school of philosophy which taught that pleasure should be man's chief aim and that the highest pleasure is freedom. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson This is his philosophy, reconciling in a way the maxims of the schools that divided the older worlds, the theories of the Stoic and wiser Epicurean. Lost Leaders In profession, he was more of the Epicurean; in practice, more of the Stoic. Horace and His Influence The interview had tried his Epicurean fortitude, and he was wondering if it would be necessary to repeat the call before Christmas. The Voice of the People The school which we commonly think of contrasting with the Epicurean, and one which was founded at about the same time, is that of the Stoics. An Introduction to Philosophy The Epicurean physics, the most approaching to rational, had long lost all credit by being made the support of an impious theology and a loose morality. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Dryden ingeniously applies, to the calm of philosophical retirement, the Epicurean tranquillity of the Deities of Lucretius.The subject of this intended poem, was probably the exploits of the Black Prince. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 Horace is either Stoic or Epicurean, or neither, or both. Horace and His Influence Only a god for the Epicurean, at best, can you be? The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 For centuries the Epicurean followed his own tradition, and walked in the footsteps of his own master. An Introduction to Philosophy Epicurean in his tastes, he was agreeable, clever and fond of enjoyment, and he approved of everything that went the way he desired. His Excellency the Minister But I believe you, sir, are an Epicurean, who teach that pleasure is the highest good, and that all things are the result of chance. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Content with the eternity of its claims, it enjoys its Epicurean divinity with Epicurean languor. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Here he sketched an Egyptian story, versified in Alciphron, but enlarged in the prose romance called The Epicurean. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction But then the Epicurean looked into Lazarus' eyes, and his gaiety ended forever. Famous Modern Ghost Stories His plasticity to moulding forces and his resiliency against crushing ones come from a Thalian philosophy, unconscious and unstudied, that extracts Epicurean delights from funeral meats. The Negro Problem "Oh! not in the least," ran on Valeria; "but though I know you are Epicurean, surely you enjoy Plato?" A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. If Parliament, Sir, had nothing to do with this charter, we might have some sort of Epicurean excuse to stand aloof, indifferent spectators of what passes in the Company's name in India and in London. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) It's so, Rupert," said Doe, in a corner of the Officers' ante-room one night before dinner, "I'm an Epicurean. Tell England A Study in a Generation And Lazarus came to a cheerful Epicurean, and the host met him with laughter on his lips: "Drink, Lazarus, drink!"—shouted he. Famous Modern Ghost Stories If Lucretius had not been spoiled by the Epicurean system, we should have had a far superior poem to any now in existence. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals Epicurean Barrel O, how sorry I feel for a boy Who litters clean places with trash, Who throws away papers and fruit peels Which form my favorite hash. Camping For Boys The Stoic extreme of passionlessness is almost as false as the Epicurean hedonism, and the mean between them is the ideal Jewish life, in which godliness and humanity are blended. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria In The Epicurean, Moore shows a remarkable power of describing scenes of gloomy terror, which he throws into relief by occasional glimpses of light and splendour. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance Cassius, as an Epicurean, would have no faith in any superhuman powers; but in the moments of danger a man's speculative principles give way to the common feelings of all mankind. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. So far this question from containing, in my opinion, a formidable difficulty to the Epicurean system, I cannot help judging the continual mutability of things as an irrefragable proof of this eternal energy of nature. Answer to Dr. Priestley's Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever It must have puzzled those who kept up the notion of her being “strait-laced” to see how indulgent she was even to Epicurean tendencies,—the remotest of all from her own. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time To Philo this conception, with its denial of the Divine will and the Divine care for the individual, was as atheistic as the Epicurean "chance." Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria He now set himself of necessity to the task of creating a refuge within sight of the Cross, where he could live, in his brighter moments, a sort of Epicurean of evangelical piety. The Art of Letters More truly characteristic is the fine saying in which her Epicurean philosophy seems to stretch out towards Nietzsche: "La joie de l'esprit en marque la force." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society I gave no heed to this at the time, though I remembered it in after-years when immersed in Plato, Lucretius, and the Epicurean writers. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion "You are a little Epicurean," he said at last, "and presently we shall read about Epicurus' great principles and his garden where he taught and lived." Halcyone A superficial knowledge of the materialistic or rationalistic theories, which were propagated respectively by the Epicurean and Stoic schools, was made the excuse for indifference to the law. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Their maker is an Epicurean and an enemy to “the sager sort”: My sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love, And, though the sager sort our deeps reprove, Let us not weigh them. The Art of Letters He was severely attacked by Jerome, who called him a Christian Epicurean, and was condemned as a heretic by a synod at Milan, in 390. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Dennis, our Epicurean sage, addressed us all as we lolled on his terrace, drank his tea, and divided our attention between his fluent wisdom and his spacious view of the Valdarno. The Collectors It was strange employment for a man of his powers; almost as removed from the Epicurean Olympus of "cultured ease" popularly assigned to him, as night-school teaching and lecturing to workmen. The Life of John Ruskin Like the quality of Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean, or that of Shelley's Hymn to Intellectual Beauty, it will not satisfy the sudden and the brash. The Art of the Moving Picture This philosophy is that of the Stoic school as broadly distinguished from the Epicurean. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 I lived on in this Epicurean style for some months; until, most unfortunately, my chère amie found a rival in the daughter of an officer, high in rank, on the island. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer But this is not the whole of the Epicurean Ethics. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Temperance and wisdom are therefore virtues necessary to a true Epicurean. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul There are three kinds of satire, corresponding to as many different views of humanity and life, the Stoical, the Cynical, and the Epicurean. Cowper Further, he knew that the only wrong was in judging one Epicurean quest over that of another. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America "Talk not like an Epicurean," said the Reb. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People The four cardinal virtues were explained from the Epicurean point of view. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics It followed therefore that the Epicurean tended, not only to become lazy, but to become vicious, or to make light of vices. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Of Epicurean satire, flowing from a contempt of humanity which is not bitter, and lightly playing with the weakness and vanities of mankind, Horace is the classical example. Cowper Gossiping Bishop Burnet, in one of his more ill-natured passages, tells us that Temple was an Epicurean, thinking religion to be fit only for the mob, and a corrupter of all that came near him. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 "Do you mean to say that my father was an Epicurean?" asked Belcovitch indignantly. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People We have no Epicurean writer on Philosophy except Inicretius; whereas respecting the Stoical creed under the Roman Empire, the important writings of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Antoninus, afford most valuable evidence. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics It is unfortunately in this last light that the Apostle Paul appeared to the professional Stoic and Epicurean teachers of Athens. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul It is a fact not generally suspected, though his last work, "The Epicurean," affords strong internal evidence of the truth of the observation, that few are more thoroughly conversant with Scripture than himself. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 356, February 14, 1829 Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian, in one of his flashing moments:— "Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 It is not even the Rabbis, of whom you speak like an Epicurean. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People At this point, the Epicurean theory connects itself most intimately with the conditions of virtue; for virtue is more concerned with averting mischief and suffering, than with multiplying positive enjoyments. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Put briefly, and therefore crudely, the Epicurean doctrine was that happiness is the end of life. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul You and I have the Epicurean temperament, my boy; it's no good pretending we haven't—things appeal to our mind and senses in a way they don't appeal to everyone. Father Payne This mixture of obsolescent theology and Epicurean philosophy probably possessed little reality for Vergil himself, and would have conveyed no meaning whatever to the Sicilian shepherds. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England While the Epicurean poet painted in magnificent language the perpetual progress of mankind, the Stoic was essentially retrospective, and exhausted his strength in vain efforts to restore the simplicity of a by-gone age. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice Bodily feeling, in the Epicurean psychology, is prior in order of time to the mental element; the former was primordial, while the latter was derivative from it by repeated processes of memory and association. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Pilate was evidently of a merciful and clement disposition; probably an Epicurean. Venetia We were so sorry we could not include that most beautiful book, 'Marius the Epicurean.' A Mere Accident If I understand this lady's principles correctly, they are strictly Epicurean. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America Marius the Epicurean is a great and wonderful book, not merely on account of its teaching, but because it is simply one of the most beautiful books, perhaps the most beautiful book, written in English. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Our information from Epicurean writers respecting the doctrines of their sect is much less copious than what we possess from Stoic writers in regard to Stoic opinions. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics One cannot get over one's early impressions; but when you picture him to me as an Epicurean, he assumes a new character. Venetia He cultivates the art of indifference, and gives himself the airs of a jaded Epicurean who craves only for a new sensation. Collections and Recollections Rich, luxurious, with elegant tastes and easy morality—a true Epicurean, as he boasted himself to be—Atticus had nevertheless a kind heart and an open hand. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers Al'ciphron, "the epicurean," the hero of T. Moore's romance entitled The Epicurean. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook It is essential, however, to understand, how Epicurus conceived pleasure and pain, and what is the Epicurean scale of pleasures and pains, graduated as objects of reasonable desire or aversion? Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics You said of a man that he was a Stoic or an Epicurean, as you say of a man now that he is a Calvinist or a Wesleyan.' Venetia In 1827, appeared "The Epicurean," a tale of extreme grace and feeling, and conveying the sublime lessons of Epicurus, in one of the most attractive of poetico-prosaic forms. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 349, Supplement to Volume 12. Like Atticus, he was an Epicurean, and thought more of the pleasures of life than of its cares and duties. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers Caelius is no idle scamp or lazy Epicurean; his mind is constantly active: nothing escapes his notice: the minutest and most sordid things delight him. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero It is a great error to suppose that, in making pleasure the standard of virtue, Epicurus had in view that elaborate and studied gratification of the sensual appetites that we associate with the word Epicurean. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics The comparison of the Epicurean life to that of beasts is felt as degrading, precisely because a beast's pleasures do not satisfy a human being's conceptions of happiness. Utilitarianism For the Epicurean knows well that asceticism stands before the porch of happiness, and the smallest touch of excess brings pleasure tumbling down. Essays in Rebellion Your Epicurean would have each man live in selfish isolation, engrossed in his private pleasures and pursuits. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers Cato as a professed Stoic, Lucretius as an enthusiastic Epicurean, stand quite apart from the mass of men who were actuated one way or the other by these philosophical creeds. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero This last point is one of the most remarkable features of the Epicurean mental discipline. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Much of this effect is chargeable less on an Epicurean levity of feeling or on party-trammels, than on real sanguineness of disposition, and a certain fineness of professional tact. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits Two crooked atoms, says an Epicurean, hook one another. The Existence of God But what consolation can we bring to ease the pain of the Epicurean? Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers But it is the grandeur not of aspiration, but of defiance; not of the Christian, not even of the Stoic, but rather of the Epicurean. Literary and General Lectures and Essays The Epicurean theory of virtue is the type of all those that make an enlightened self-interest the basis of right and wrong. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics In Marius the Epicurean Pater seeks to reconcile the artistic life with the life of religion, in the deep, sweet, and austere sense of the word. De Profundis This foundation being laid, all the romance of the Epicurean philosophy disappears and vanishes out of sight in an instant. The Existence of God Stoic and Epicurean philosophers alike upheld it as a lawful remedy against the pangs of disease, the dotage of old age, or the caprices of a tyrant. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers Trustful self-abandonment to the joys that freely offer has entirely departed from both Epicurean and Stoic; and what each proposes is a way of rescue from the resultant dust-and-ashes state of mind. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Diogenes Laertius tells us—nearly 200 years after Christ, and 450 years after the death of Epicurus—that the Epicurean sect still continued its numbers and dignity, having outlasted its contemporaries and rivals. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics The third is the desire of the Epicurean city dwellers to eat the famous varieties of particularly tasty rice. Down with the Cities Thus which way so ever the Epicurean turns, he overthrows his system with his own hands. The Existence of God In practice, if not in theory, a man must be either Stoic or Epicurean. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers The Epicurean still awaits results from economy of indulgence and damping of desire. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Stoicism prevailed widely in the Roman world, although not to the exclusion of Epicurean views. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics He crams into one couplet after another, philosophy after philosophy, creed after creed, Stoic, Epicurean, Hebraic, Persian, Christian, and puts his finger on the flaw in them all. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The Epicurean philosophers are so weak in their system that it is not in their power to form it, or bring it to bear, unless one admits without proofs their most fabulous postulata and positions. The Existence of God But, of the two antagonistic theories, he leans rather to the Stoic than to the Epicurean. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers Stoic insensibility and Epicurean resignation were the farthest advance which the Greek mind made in that direction. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature What, then, so profound has it discovered in this Epicurean thesis? System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery It was from her that he inherited his detachment from the sumptuary side of life: the stoic's carelessness of material things, combined with the Epicurean's pleasure in them. House of Mirth "Marius the Epicurean," "The Essays of Elia," "Sesame and Lilies," "The Stones of Venice," and the little toy magazines, full of the flaccid banalities of the "Minor Poets," were continually in her hands. The Octopus : A story of California Cicero's own form of scepticism in religious matters is perhaps very nearly expressed in the striking anecdote which he puts, in this dialogue, into the mouth of the Epicurean. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers His philosophy is the mingled Stoical and Epicurean. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Here the attempt to represent the Sadducees' position as parallel with Epicurean materialism has probably induced an overstatement of their distrust of Providence. Josephus You're an Epicurean like myself, I see: you don't want to see all those goddesses gobbling terrapin. House of Mirth The events of the King's life had also favoured his reception of this Epicurean doctrine. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier A Stoic or Epicurean displays principles, which may not be durable, but which have an effect on conduct and behaviour. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding In the current use of the word we have changed the meaning of Epicurean to make it mean "addicted to pleasure." Initiation into Philosophy He who acknowledged a secret tendency to the Epicurean indolence—was he going to live a life of the dilettante and the self-indulgent under cover of holiness? Saint Augustin Atticus found himself able to justify to himself the bent of his disposition by the name of a philosopher, and therefore became an Epicurean. The Life of Cicero Volume One Along with the Stoic, the Epicurean school found adherents. Outline of Universal History To our own age the Epicurean philosophy has a double interest. Latin Literature Another precept widely propagated among them and by them, "Live according to nature," remarkably resembles an Epicurean maxim. Initiation into Philosophy He felt himself to be more Epicurean than ever. Saint Augustin In the vignette to Moore's Epicurean you will find represented one of the most extensive castles in Spain; and there are several exquisite studies from others, by the same artists, published in Rogers's Italy. Prue and I The two most popular systems of philosophy in the closing days of the Republic and the early period of the Empire, were the Stoic and the Epicurean. Outline of Universal History The Epicurean philosophy, in his hands, takes all the moral fervour of a religion. Latin Literature After the example of Epicurus he was the most sober and austere of men, and of the two it was Descartes rather than he who was Epicurean in the common use of the word. Initiation into Philosophy But when Marcus Aurelius, nearly five centuries later, decided to endow a philosophical professoriate he established the Epicurean as one of the four standard schools. Why Worry? The Philosopher had tilted his round fleshy Epicurean head to one side, and a moist sheen came into his small crafty eyes. Men in War The Sceptical Philosophy of the Ancients has been no less misrepresented than the Epicurean. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes In the classroom of the Epicurean Siro he may have made his first acquaintance with the poetry of Lucretius. Latin Literature The philosophical system which first arrested the attention of the Romans, and gained an influence over their minds, was the Epicurean. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Are there yet more beaux esprits to arise who, in Epicurean fashion, enjoy the beautiful thoughts of others, whilst they themselves remain incapable for action, letting the time go out of joint? Shakspere and Montaigne Here were all the luxuries of Epicurean austerity. Impressions and Comments The prose tale of The Epicurean was composed about the same time, but did not issue from the press till 1827: the Memoirs of Captain Rock in 1824. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes His ideas are borrowed indifferently from the Epicurean and Stoical philosophies according to the convenience of the moment. Latin Literature Its standard was worldly prudence, its lessons utilitarian, and its philosophy Epicurean. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The Stoic and Epicurean dogmas had lost their freshness. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform —This Epicurean doctrine prevailed very much at Rome in Caesar's, and afterward. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War Chaulieu, however, supports more consistently the spirit of the Epicurean philosopher. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes In Luther's eyes he was merely a refined Epicurean, who had inward doubts about religion and Christianity, and treated both with disdain. Life of Luther Even to-day, when we call a person an "Epicurean," we think of him as a selfish pleasure seeker. Early European History Epicurean selfishness leads to weariness of all effort and work. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Discuss the position and influence of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophies in the last age of the Republic. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius The Stoic did not differ merely in his ethics from the Epicurean; he differed also in his theology and his physics and his metaphysics. Guide to Stoicism He did not wish to be reminded of his identity, but to swim unmolested and undisturbed in his Epicurean dream. Coningsby When this was written, Horace had got far beyond the Epicurean creed of his youth. Horace It is Epicurean in morals and atheistic in philosophy. Poets of the South For Lucretius has in him nothing of the Epicurean in our sense. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius The Epicurean gods took no part in the affairs of men; the Stoic God was incapable of anger. Guide to Stoicism He himself and his philosophy of life were purely Epicurean, Hedonistic, or pagan, in the sense in which we use those terms to-day. A History of English Literature "I shall slumber and dream of you until that time," and with a long side glance from his sleepy eyes the Epicurean peer put spurs to his horse to overtake his friends. A Heart-Song of To-day He learned something in his Roman days that not even Epicurean scorn for politics could eradicate. Vergil A Biography Horace professed to have been converted by a thunder-clap in a clear sky; this was no doubt irony, but it is clear that in his epistles he has ceased to be an Epicurean. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius But Origen himself was somewhat puzzled to find that the main principles of the author were rather Platonic or Neo-platonic than Epicurean, and this observation has been confirmed by modern enquiry. 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