| 单词 | Epicurus |
| 例句 | Indeed, it is more or less taken as modern gospel that profound scientific truth frequently accomplishes the opposite of what Epicurus recommended, costing us peace of mind. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Rather than pursuing any single “correct” explanation of some phenomenon, Epicurus advised simultaneous acceptance of any number of explanations, as long as they were all consistent with observation. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z For Epicurus and Lucretius, what matters about atoms is their size, shape and movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The atomism of Democritus, Epicurus and Lucretius implied that the universe is made up of building blocks that function through their size, shape and solidity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As we have seen, the ‘corpuscularian philosophy’, as Boyle called it, was based on the teachings of Epicurus and Lucretius, opponents of all religion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Epicurus maintains that everything we see, we see because a fine film of atomies is constantly shed by all matter, a sort of mist of particles which strikes the eye.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Epicurus likewise declared that “there is no end to the knowledge of things in the sky. . . than peace of mind and firm conviction.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z There are also basic shout-outs to other scholars: a portrait of the fellow utilitarian philosopher Henry Sidgwick, a bust of Karl Marx, and a sketch of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. The Origin Story of Peter Singer’s Instagram Account 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Trampling through moorland, fens and heaths, Hayden reflects on the meaning of life and the excesses of materialism and muses extensively on music, consulting Plato, Epicurus, Hegel and Kierkegaard along the way. Into the Wild: Three books celebrate the joys of life in nature 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z A lot of people today associate the Greek philosopher, born in 341 BC, with luxury or hedonism, but Epicurus’s teachings were really more focussed on simplicity. Lessons from the ancient philosophers to help improve our lives today 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Epicurus wrote some 300 self-help books on almost every topic, including On Love, On Justice and On Human Life. In defence of self-help books 2012-05-17T09:30:01Z During a prolonged stay on the Greek island of Hydra, while researching his book “Travels with Epicurus,” he found something heartening about the locals. Q&A: ‘Always Journeying to Someplace New Gets Old Fast’ 2014-01-14T20:23:22Z Epicurus said we should work to fulfil our essential needs but also realise that most of what we think we want is superfluous. Lessons from the ancient philosophers to help improve our lives today 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z An admirer of Epicurus, Lucretius had the nerve to link pleasure with virtue. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z “It was a commune, a spiritual movement, a radical approach to art in all its forms, a philosophical center comparable to the Garden of Epicurus.” On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Ingenious ancient Greeks, such as Democritus and Epicurus, were the first Atomists. "The Big Bang Theory" and real science, from Leonard's wedding vows to the "Time Machine" prop 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z There are parts of On Nature, written by Epicurus himself, and works by a little-known philosopher named Philodemus on topics such as vices, music, rhetoric and death. AI Reads Ancient Scroll Charred by Mount Vesuvius in Tech First 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The Epicureans, named after their founder Epicurus, believed that humans ought to turn their backs on the pointless drama of politics and social competition and retire to a kind of inner contemplation. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The founders of these two philosophical schools, Zeno and Epicurus respectively, both lived in the early third century BCE and taught in Athens, which continued to be a center of learning in this period. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Epicurus founded a school of philosophy called Epicureanism, which taught that pleasure is the highest good. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Epicurus believed that the only real objects were those that the five senses perceived. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith came across a reference to the playwright while researching a book he meant to focus on the Greek philosopher Epicurus. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Epicurus taught that even if gods existed, they clearly had no interest in human affairs and thus did not need to be feared. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Greek philosopher Epicurus once wrote that “a dinner of meats without the company of a friend is like the life of a lion or a wolf.” Eating alone, together: Virtual dinner parties are helping people fight isolation 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Ataraxia the goal of Epicurus’s hedonism: tranquility, or freedom from mental, emotional, and physical pain. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z But until boredom sets in, I would probably like to spend some time in the garden of Epicurus, where they lived a simple life focused on avoiding pain and enjoying simple food, philosophy and friendship. Beyond Physicalism 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z How far did you get with your original idea about Epicurus before you realized the real story was elsewhere? "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Their later follower, Epicurus of Samos, also professed the reality of multiple worlds. Long Live the Multiverse! 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Epicurus taught that freedom from human anxiety — mortal terrors and a grinding fear of the gods — could be attained through satisfaction of individual desires. Review: Getty Villa’s ‘Buried by Vesuvius’ is exquisite and, at times, explicit 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Epicurus and Lucretius saw the fear of death as our most debilitating fear, and they argued that we must overcome this fear if we were going to live happy lives. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Renowned for its wines, Samos was the birthplace of the mathematician Pythagoras and the philosopher Epicurus. On a Greek Island that Welcomes Migrants, Fear, Frustration, and a sense of Abandonment Grow 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z From the start, Wolfe writes, Gropius, “the Epicurus” of the place, had insisted on “a clean and pure future.” The Man Who Built the Bauhaus 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z In handwritten notes from the 1970s, Kasner meditated on “the meaning of life,” citing philosophers such as Epicurus and Karl Marx. The pastor’s daughter: How a striking family history shaped Germany’s powerful chancellor 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Epicurus, and later Jefferson, spoke of the pursuit of happiness. Letter of Recommendation: Choir 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Epicurus’s concept of pleasure, however, is not simply physical and is far from being extravagant, materialistic, or indulgent. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z They acquired more instruction and inspiration from Epicurus and French philosophers of the Enlightenment. False prophet: Trump’s “black outreach” signals a new outbreak of religious pandering in politics 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The Saturday afternoon tastings at Epicurus in Santa Monica are now legendary. Sideways author: 'I was ready to shoot myself – then I found pinot noir' 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Calling himself a student of literature, he quoted the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus in his goodbye statement. Famed horse racing announcer Trevor Denman abruptly announces retirement 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Not a single one of Epicurus’ philosophical texts has survived; aside from a few fragments, his only preserved words come from two collections of sayings and three letters known only from secondary sources. The Quest to Unlock an Ancient Library 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z For Epicurus, achieving ataraxia requires confronting irrational fears, especially the fear of death. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z How far is this from Jefferson’s great inspiration, the Greek philosopher Epicurus, who defines the good life in these terms? A Letter to Millennials: Don't Sleep Through the Revolution 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The Greek philosopher Epicurus speculated that the universe must be infinite, eternal and abounding in “worlds” just like our own. Our Founders, alien-obsessed: Adams and Franklin had a thing — really! — for extraterrestials 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The library is composed mostly of treatises on the philosophy of Epicurus, a Greek philosopher of the late fourth and early third centuries BC. Scroll up, scroll up 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z But, Delattre explained, “There would be no freedom, and for Epicurus we are free, so he wanted to introduce the possibility of this slight deviation.” The Quest to Unlock an Ancient Library 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z However, for Epicurus, the best thing in life was having good friends who want to discuss philosophy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z It is most likely that part of the text was from the hand of Philodemus, a philosopher who based his works on the teaching of Epicurus. Ancient Scrolls, Burned in Vesuvius Volcano Eruption, Deciphered By Advanced X-ray Scans 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The Roman poet Lucretius committed Epicurus’ cosmic vision to verse in his ancient bestseller, “On the Nature of Things,” which then slipped through the Middle Ages in hiding. Our Founders, alien-obsessed: Adams and Franklin had a thing — really! — for extraterrestials 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Epicurus wrote a 37-volume treatise on empiricism called On Nature, perhaps the most comprehensive basis in classical times for the modern notion of learning through experimentation. Scroll up, scroll up 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z 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 Reading classics exposed Mr. Joshi to thinkers like Epicurus, whose teachings about the finality of death continue to inspire contemporary atheists. Beliefs: Spreading the Word on the Power of Atheism 2014-03-15T01:37:45Z Perhaps the major discovery is a third of On Nature, a previously lost work by the philosopher Epicurus. Unlocking the scrolls of Herculaneum 2013-12-20T01:06:52Z But as Stephen Greenblatt describes in “The Swerve,” this notion goes back at least to the Greek philosopher Epicurus and the poem by Lucretius that explicated his philosophy, “De Rerum Natura.” Letters: Atoms Everywhere (1 Letter) 2013-08-12T20:51:36Z Lucretius speaks of Empedocles in terms scarcely less exaggerated than those which he applied to Epicurus. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Still, among the hundreds of unopened scrolls, there might be great works that Philodemus was describing; namely, complete copies of Epicurus’ original writings. The Quest to Unlock an Ancient Library 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z It is true that pleasure is the summum bonum of Epicurus, but his conception of that pleasure is profoundly modified by the Socratic doctrine of prudence and the eudaemonism of Aristotle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z If Aristotle and Plato, Epicurus and Zeno, had their lecturers, should not Jesus Christ have schools and teachers too? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Epicurus stated that all the universe is made up of only atoms. Letters: Atoms Everywhere (1 Letter) 2013-08-12T20:51:36Z Between this great Roman and Epicurus—a period of some two centuries—there is no name of sufficient prominence to warrant attention. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Except a few sentences, quoted by other writers, these letters were all that remained of the works of Epicurus, till the recent discovery of one of his treatises at Herculaneum.284.Tusc. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Principles, processes, results, everything in Epicurus is sensualism, materialism, Atheism.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z We note in the passage here referred to, as in other passages, that he mentions Aristippus of Cyrene, rather than Epicurus himself, as the master under whose influence he from time to time insensibly lapsed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Piso had known this poor scholar from a boy, learnt the philosophy of Epicurus from him, and gave him rooms in his own house. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Epicurus accepted the theory of Leucippus, and applied it all round. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z “Accustom yourself,” said Epicurus, “to the thought that death is indifferent; for all good and all evil consist in feeling, and what is death but the privation of feeling?” History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z He maintains, too, against Epicurus the naturalness of love for children; once born, we cannot help loving them, D. i, 23. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The gist of Epicurus's teaching is contained in the following passages. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z And what Plato and Aristotle did, so to speak, against their express purpose and effort, yet did, because the force of contemporary tendency was irresistible—that the Stoa and Epicurus did more openly and professedly. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z To me Epicurus seems far greater than Aristotle, He had clearer vision. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Ceres, he says, gave men corn, and Bacchus wine, but Epicurus the principles of virtue. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z A speaker in Cicero's Tusculans remarks on the effrontery of philosophers, who boast that by Epicurus' aid "they are freed from those most cruel of tyrants, eternal terror and fear by day and by night." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z He who is false to the humble, homely demands of Epicurus can never be quite at his best in the grander service of Zeno and Plato, Aristotle and Jesus. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Did he ever read Epicurus, one of the greatest of the Greeks? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Was Socrates after all greater than Epicurus—had he a subtler mind—was he any nobler in his life? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Roman vice sheltered itself under the name of Epicurus. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Do everything, said he, as if Epicurus saw. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Do everything as if Epicurus had his eye upon you. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Mr. Lincoln was familiar with the lives of Socrates, Epictetus, Epicurus, Zeno, Confucius, Zoroaster and Buddha, not one of whom ever heard of the Bible. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z I thank the thinkers of Greece and Rome, Zeno and Epicurus, Cicero and Lucretius. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Epicurus was conspicuous even among Greek philosophers for his kindness to slaves, and he associated some of his own with his philosophical labours. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z There follow a letter of Epicurus to his mother, and another letter from some one unidentified to one Menneas, and then a series of apophthegms and sentences. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Perhaps we are inclined to look down on Epicurus's ideal as a low one. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Thus, in the end, Aristippus, the founder of the purest hedonism in the history of thought, comes very near not only to the Cynics, but to the more cultured hedonism of Epicurus and modern thinkers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z It is the embodiment of the lighter side of the philosophy of Epicurus, without the elevation of the speculative and scientific curiosity which gave serious interest even to that form of the philosophic life. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Thus the same difficulty appears in chemistry which Epicurus met with in mechanics. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Epicurus took his conception of Chance from "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity;" while the Sabbath is found in several lines of Homer—unfortunately spurious. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Strict obedience to the plain, homely doctrine of Epicurus would prevent ninety-nine one hundredths of the physical and mental ailments which these various systems of healing profess to cure. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The theologians have had upwards of two thousand years to reduce the Materialistic paradoxes of Epicurus on the existence of evil, but have they done so? Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z I. The philosophical system expounded in the poem is the atomic theory of Democritus2, in the form in which it was accepted by Epicurus, and made the basis of his moral and religious doctrines. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z On this hypothesis Epicurus built a general theory to explain all material and spiritual phenomena. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Epicurus considers the aim of Morality always to be Pleasure. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z The best way to understand Epicureanism, however, is to let Epicurus and his disciples speak for themselves. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The Philosophy of Luxury.—A garden, figs, a little cheese, and three or four good friends—that was the luxury of Epicurus. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The new comedy of Menander was based on the philosophy of Epicurus, which taught the lesson of abstention from all public duties38. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Epicurus points out that the former cannot be considered true pleasures, since they defeat their own end, blunting the capacity of enjoyment in proportion as they are indulged, and incapable of affording permanent satisfaction. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Marx wrote a thesis on the Natural Philosophies of Democritus and Epicurus, and in 1841 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred on him at Jena. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z If there were nothing better than Epicureanism in store for us through the long eternities, we all might well pray to be excused, as Epicurus happily believed we should be. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The “Eternal Epicurus.”—Epicurus has lived in all periods, and lives yet, unbeknown to those who called and still call themselves Epicureans, and without repute among philosophers. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z As the imagination of Lucretius is immeasurably more poetical, so is his spirit immeasurably more reverential than that of Epicurus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The philosopher Epicurus was perhaps the first among the ancients to take strong ground in favor of the utilitarian view of virtue. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z His labours on Epicurus have a certain historical value, but the want of consistency inherent in the philosophical system raised on Epicureanism is such as to deprive it of genuine worth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Still, not in criticism or unkindness would we take leave of the serene and genial Epicurus. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The devil take them!”—In other cases, especially when a half-physical, half-moral assumption had cast a gloom over his spirit, Epicurus did not refute the assumption. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z There is no necessary connexion between the atomic theory of philosophy, and that view of the end and objects of life which Lucretius derived from Epicurus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It is crowded with stone coffins; and, passing there in the twilight, one might expect to see flames upheaving their lids, and the elbows and shoulders of imprisoned followers of Epicurus. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z He labored to combine the philosophy of Epicurus, Evhenius, and others, into a sort of moral religion, much after the fashion of some of the German mystics and Platonists of our times.—H. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z If Epicurus chances to be seated on the throne, he asks the candidate, "Have you had a good time?" The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z There were four pairs who responded to me in my sacrifice: Epicurus and Montaigne, Goethe and Spinoza, Plato and Rousseau, Pascal and Schopenhauer. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The great service of Epicurus consisted not only in revealing the laws of Nature, but in laying his finger on the secret cause of man's unhappiness. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Or are they philosophers, at your choice, Plato or Aristotle or Zeno or Epicurus, once presiding over the rolls of poetry and science in some noble's or some rhetor's library? Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z But Epicurus never defines either the place or the time, nor does he preface his accounts with any preliminary statement. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Their special paradise is foreign travel, and no pension or hotel along the beaten highways of Europe is without its quota of these precious daughters of Epicurus. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z We moderns, like the gods of Epicurus, approve ‘The depth, but not the tumult of the soul.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z His motto might have been that of Epicurus and Descartes: “Well hid is well lived.” The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Gassendi, with some deviations, follows Epicurus in his theory of the formation of the world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z These things I speak of are what Epicurus Tells us are real joys; and if the world All lived the happy life I live myself, There would not be one wicked man on earth. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The selection from Spencer on work and play strikes closer to the problem of the modern man; and it is at this point that we all sorely need to go to school to Epicurus. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The genuine teaching of Epicurus he did not know; hence he considered himself an Epicurean. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The former of these is much the more valuable work, for in it for the first time a Christian undertook systematically to refute the atomistic theories of Epicurus and his followers. St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises 2011-06-29T02:00:23.247Z Later on he develops the materialistic view of Epicurus, only modifying it so far as to conceive of matter as finite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z And about Epicurus, Timon, in the third book of his Silli, speaks as follows:— Seeking at all times to indulge his stomach, Than which there's no more greedy thing on earth. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z According to Epicurus the person is merely a bundle of appetites and passions; and the gratification of these is made synonymous with the satisfaction of himself. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Pallas seems to think that the Kalmucks follow the system of Epicurus, but the conversations I have had with many learned princes and priests, have convinced me of the contrary. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z His next point appears to be that the difference in durability, which Epicurus postulates for the various bodies produced by atoms, goes to upset his theory. St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises 2011-06-29T02:00:23.247Z Epicurus and his school were well pleased with this representation. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z B. So the wise do say: At all events the allwise Epicurus Tells us that pleasure is the only good. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z These applications, however, the selections from Epicurus and Horace have already made clear. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Certainly the keeper of this inn appreciates Horace and the poet pupils of Epicurus. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z But if it is mere chance, then Epicurus asks us, who study the order and the phenomena of earth and heaven, to believe the impossible. St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises 2011-06-29T02:00:23.247Z It is a modern form of the theory associated with the name of the philosopher Epicurus; and on that ground it has been subjected to moral censure. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z But in the banquet of Epicurus there is an assembly of flatterers praising one another. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Epicurus makes a few sallies from his cosey comfortable camp, to forage for provender. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Who could now return to Epicurus, and, against the most manifest facts, against common sense, against the very idea of all ethics, found duty, virtue, the good, on the desire of happiness alone? Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z According to Epicurus, the gods in no way concern themselves with mundane matters, but spend a serene existence without labour or exertion of any kind. St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises 2011-06-29T02:00:23.247Z In the suburbs of the city tradition still lingered of the Academy of the Platonists, the Lycæum of the Peripatetics, the Portico of the Stoics, and the Garden of Epicurus. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z But in Epicurus there is no mention of any libation to the gods, or of any offering of first-fruits. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Ascetic Puritanism, for instance, is Christianity minus the truth taught by Epicurus. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Utilitarianism has been rightly called universal hedonism, as distinguished from the hedonism of Epicurus, which was egoistic. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z This is, in Dionysius’s opinion, due to his fear of being put to death by the state for atheism, as Socrates had been: though he is probably doing Epicurus a wrong. St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises 2011-06-29T02:00:23.247Z Epicurus was a very voluminous writer, but few of his writings are extant, what we possess comprising only some fragments of a Treatise on Nature, two letters, and detached passages. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z But Epicurus has described a banquet consisting of philosophers alone. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Their scepticism is that of Epicurus rather than of the French encyclopædists. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The foundations of the leading systems were laid in antiquity, the names of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, the Cynics, and the Stoics being especially prominent. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Of this tranquility there are, according to Epicurus, as expounded by Lucretius, two chief enemies, superstition, or slavish fear of the gods, and the dread of death443. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z 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 And Epicurus Tells us that pleasure is the only good. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The philosophy of Epicurus has been already mentioned while speaking of Lucretius. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Epikores = Epicurus, selected by Jewish writers as a type of insolent atheism. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z We do injustice to Epicurus when we estimate his tenets by the refined and exalted ideas of a philosophy purified by faith, without considering the superstitious and polluted notions prevalent in his time. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z There is nothing poetic about the works of Epicurus, or St. Thomas Aquinas, or Kant; they are leafless forests. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z “Tell her, Aunt Cheshire, that our loss does not equal hers, since she gets none of this bird, which is browned to the taste of Epicurus himself.” Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Cicero, in his refutation, which is contained in the second book, gives rather a different representation of the philosophy of Epicurus, from his great poetic contemporary Lucretius. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Biography of a sort began about two generations afterwards, when the disciples of Aristotle and Epicurus exerted themselves to find out and record the lives of their masters. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z In versifying the philosophical system of Epicurus, Lucretius appears to have taken Empedocles as his model. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Epicurus, strange as it may sound to those who have heard, with horror or envy, of wallowing in his sty, Epicurus was a saint. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z And Epicurus assures us that he means by pleasure what plain men mean by it; and that if the gratifications of appetite and sense are discarded, the notion is emptied of its significance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Then follow a Life of Lucretius, and an Appendix to the Life, comprehending an analysis and defence of the system of Epicurus, with a comparative sketch of most other philosophical theories, both ancient and modern. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z I am not sure that that is quite true, for Epictetus, and even Epicurus, would have something to say on the other side. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The two leading tenets of Epicurus concerning the formation of the world and the mortality of the soul, are established by Lucretius in the first three books. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Thus the life of Epicurus, as St. Jerome bears witness, was "full of herbs, fruits, and abstinences." Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z In the fundamental principle of his philosophy Epicurus is not original. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z There was no Roman who devoted himself entirely to metaphysical contemplation, and who, like Epicurus, Aristotle, and Zeno, lounged perpetually in a garden, paced about in a Lyceum, or stood upright in a portico. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The Franklin, a country gentleman, he declares, was wont to live in delight, for he was Epicurus’ own son. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The poem of Lucretius contains a full exposition of the theological, physical, and moral system of Epicurus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Epicurus therefore departed from the reserve of Socrates, and looked for a natural philosophy that might support his ethics. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z This is what Epicurus calls explaining what we do not see by what we do see. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Do they read Aristotle on self-realization, Epicurus on the dangers of self-indulgence? At Ethics Bowl, L.I. Teenagers Debate Slippery Issues 2011-02-14T04:30:20Z He became an ardent preacher and expounder of the Stoic philosophy, just as Lucretius had thrown his whole heart into expounding the doctrine of Epicurus a hundred years before. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Descartes is the Epicurus of the poem, and the subject of many heavy panegyrics. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z On the contrary, Epicurus, the Herbert Spencer of antiquity, was in his natural philosophy an encyclopaedia of second-hand knowledge. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z In physics Epicurus founded upon Democritus, and his chief object was to abolish the dualism between mind and matter which is so essential a point in the systems of Plato and Aristotle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Hence with thy Atoms, Epicurus; hence: Was all this wond'rous Frame the Sport of Chance! An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z In one of the inscriptions found at Cyrene, about twenty years since, Zoroaster, Pythagoras, Epicurus, and others, are put together with our Lord, as guides of conduct. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z At the time when frequented by these illustrious youths, the Gardens of Epicurus were superintended by Zeno and Phædrus, both of whom, but particularly the latter, have been honoured with the panegyric of Cicero. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The Athens of his time, which some of us would give our eyes to see, retained all its splendour amid its political decay; but nothing there interested or pleased Epicurus. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z To the Cyrenaics pleasure was something active and positive; to Epicurus it was rather negative—tranquillity more than vigorous enjoyment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Not all of us became Christians; and one of our orders in particular, which had learnt from a Greek the philosophy of Epicurus, still held to its doctrines. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Though the poem of Lucretius is inscribed to Memmius, it is really dedicated to the glory of Epicurus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil It is well known what a clamour was excited against Epicurus, founded on the ambiguity of the word which has been translated pleasure, but which would be more accurately interpreted happiness. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Now Epicurus, for the most part, hated life. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The test of true pleasure, according to Epicurus, is the removal and absorption of all that gives pain; it implies freedom from pain of body and from trouble of mind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Aelian challenges Epicurus to deny that the maidens of the vision were the nine Muses, quitting an abode which was soon to be polluted by death. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Lucretius expresses a similar enthusiasm for Homer, Ennius, Empedocles, and Epicurus; and by Virgil the same feeling is, though not directly expressed, yet profoundly felt towards Homer and Lucretius. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil A similar outcry was, in later ages, raised by one of his opponents against Malebranche, who, like Epicurus, lived not merely temperately, but abstemiously. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z And since genius must be ardent about something, Lucretius pours out his enthusiasm on Epicurus, who brought this deliverance and was the saviour of mankind. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z It is, in fact, says Epicurus—in language which contrasts strongly with that of Aristotle on the same topic—“a more precious power than philosophy.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z One of the books of Epicurus was publicly burnt in the agora by order of Alexander, and the ashes cast into the sea. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius His earlier writings show the influence of the philosophical system of Epicurus, while his later convictions are more in agreement with the Platonic philosophy. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil But neither is there that origination of the motion by the vapours, and the turning of them back, which opinion of Epicurus has so often been quoted by others. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Epicurus was remarkable for his mercy, his friendliness, his utter horror of war, of sacrifice, of suffering. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Feeling, which Epicurus declared to be the means of determining what is good, is subordinated to a reason which adjudicates between competing pleasures with the view of securing tranquillity of mind and body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z And no message of Epicurus seems to his Roman interpreter so full of peace and blessing as the gospel of nothingness after death, the “morningless and unawakening sleep” which ends the fretful fever of life. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It is part of Virgil’s eclecticism to combine the science of Epicurus with the theology of the more spiritual schools. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil I have recounted this to you, in order to show how completely they are the disciples of Epicurus. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. And yet, when he set himself to make his poem out of the system of Epicurus, the greatness of that task seems to have overwhelmed him. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z 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 Seneca delights in rounding off a letter by a quotation from Epicurus. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He would thus seem to have looked on Lucretius with something of that veneration with which Lucretius regards Epicurus, Empedocles, and Ennius, and with which Dante long after regarded Virgil himself. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil But Epicurus thinks that there proceed from all bodies certain images of the bodies themselves, and that these impress themselves upon the eyes, and that thence arises the sense of sight. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 All that Epicurus taught about the universe now before us might be perfectly true of it; but what if to-morrow a new universe should have taken its place? Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The dogmas of Epicurus became to his followers a creed embodying the truths on which salvation depended; and they passed on from one generation to another with scarcely a change or addition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z With the belief in immortality, Epicurus sweeps away the strongest and dearest hopes of the mass of men. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius For my part, I think the best philosophy is that of my wise countryman, Epicurus—'to take the times as they come, and make the most of them.' Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs He delighted in the visions of Pythagoras, and in the intellectual revels of Epicurus. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Epicurus had been a pure and tender moralist, but pusillanimous. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z But the greatest of its Roman names was Lucretius, whose De rerum natura embodies the main teaching of Epicurus with great exactness, and with a beauty which the subject seemed scarcely to allow. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The great promise of Epicurus was to free men from the spectral terrors with which poetic fancy had filled the scenery of the under world. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The theorist may be as pure as Epicurus. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Epicurus early became acquainted with the atomism of Democritus, but his learning in earlier systems of philosophy does not appear to have been extensive. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Let me not be mad, thought Epicurus; let me be reasonable, cultivating sentiments appropriate to a mortal who inhabits a world morally comfortable and small, and physically poor in its infinite monotony. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Authorities.—The chief ancient accounts of Epicurus are in the tenth book of Diogenes La�rtius, in Lucretius, and in several treatises of Cicero and Plutarch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The systems of the New Academy and Epicurus were openly or insidiously hostile to religious belief. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "I believe it's been done; Epicurus had a female pupil or two." The Book of Susan A Novel In any particular case, however, Epicurus is not interested to know what particular causes determine a phenomenon. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The muffled pleasures of the wise man, as Epicurus conceived him, were really a provocation to supernaturalism. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z A year later, however, Antipater banished some 12,000 of the poorer citizens, and Epicurus joined his father, who was now living at Colophon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Seneca came under Pythagorean influences in his youth, and he constantly rounds off a letter to Lucilius with a quotation from Epicurus. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Like his own Abbé Coignard, he shares his loyalty between Epicurus and Christ. The Book of This and That Having thus disposed of the fear of retribution in a future life, Epicurus proceeds to dispose of the fear of the interference of the gods in this life. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy With such tendencies already afoot as the myths and dogmas of Plato had betrayed, it was imperative for Epicurus to banish anxiously all thought of what might follow death. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Epicurus himself had not apparently shared in any large or liberal culture, and his influence was certainly thrown on the side of those who depreciated purely scientific pursuits as one-sided and misleading. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He defends Epicurus against the vulgar misunderstanding of his theory of pleasure, and the more vulgar practical deductions from it. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius And the result is that most women would rather take the advice of their dressmaker than of Epicurus. The Book of This and That The Stoics return to Heracleitus for their physics, Epicurus resurrects the atomism of Democritus. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Epicurus, who feared life, seems to have missed here the primordial and colossal force he was fighting against. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The method of Epicurus is the argument of analogy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Pleasure is nought but virtue’s gayer name; I wrong her still, I rate her worth too low; Virtue the root, and pleasure is the flower; And honest Epicurus’ foes were fools. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes The dressmaker's living depends on her keeping off Epicurus with one hand and the Twelve Apostles with the other, and she has certainly done so with the most brilliant efficiency. The Book of This and That The school of Epicurus lasted over six centuries. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy To these gods they attributed the human form, and the serene life to which Epicurus aspired. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Thus, if Epicurus objects to the doctrine of mythology, he objects no less to the doctrine of an inevitable fate, a necessary order of things unchangeable and supreme over the human will. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Honor and honesty must not be renounced, although a thousand modes of right and wrong were to occupy the degrees of morality between Zeno and Epicurus. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence The supreme philosophers of pleasure, from Epicurus to Stevenson, have all had to turn to hard work and virtue as the only forms of amusement which did not spoil the bloom of one's cheek. The Book of This and That Physics interests Epicurus only from one point of view--its power to banish superstitious fear from the minds of men. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In this, as in much else, Epicurus was carrying out to its logical conclusion the rational and reforming essence of Hellenism. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The Stoic doctrine of Fatalism seemed to Epicurus no less deadly a foe of man’s true welfare than popular superstition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Though the doctrines of Epicurus and the New Academy were always considered dangerous and heretical, the philosophy of the Stoics was tolerated, and a kind of compromise effected between philosophy and religion. Lectures on The Science of Language Will He be idle like the gods of Epicurus, sitting serene above all, and separate from all, created things? The State of the Blessed Dead It might be expected of Epicurus that his modifications would not be improvements. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy So far the decadent materialism of Epicurus might have carried a poet; but a materialist in our days might find many other poetic themes to weave into his system. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z So, in the sphere of human action, Epicurus would allow of no absolutely controlling necessity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z They view the busy scene as the gods of Epicurus the follies of mankind. Here and There in London I thought of Plato struggling with his doubts; of Epicurus sinking beneath them; of Socrates swallowing his poison; of Cicero surrendering himself to despair. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. But though Epicurus allows them to exist, he is careful to disarm them, and to rob them of their fears. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The moral pageantry of this world, surveyed scientifically, is calculated wonderfully to strengthen and refine the philosophy of abstention suggested to Epicurus by the flux of material things and by the illusions of vulgar passion. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The attitude of Epicurus in this whole matter is antagonistic to science. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The whole of the last book is devoted to Epicurus, and contains three most interesting letters addressed to Herodotus, Pythocles and Menoeceus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" He quotes an 'admirable saying of Epicurus,' 'The beginning of safety is the knowledge of sin.' St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition This is the only foundation which Epicurus could find, or desired to find, for moral activity. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The system of Democritus was adopted by Epicurus, but not because Epicurus had any keenness of scientific vision. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Ethics.—The moral philosophy of Epicurus is a qualified hedonism, the heir of the Cyrenaic doctrine that pleasure is the good thing in life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The biographies of the former begin with Anaximander, and end with Clitomachus, Theophrastus and Chrysippus; the latter begins with Pythagoras, and ends with Epicurus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" To this end he wrote a didactic epic poem, On the Nature of Things, in which he explained the atomic theory of Democritus which was the foundation of the philosophical teachings of Epicurus. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Epicurus himself lived a simple life, and advised his followers to do the same. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The only answer that concerns us here is that given by Lucretius; an answer he accepted from Epicurus, his master in everything, who in turn had accepted it from Democritus. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z By pleasure Epicurus meant both more and less than the Cyrenaics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The aged and broken Epicurus could not attach to himself alone the high-spirited creature, who preferred the beautiful and wealthy Timarchus. Greek Women Epicurus criticised the Stoic doctrine of paiderastia by sententiously observing that philosophers only differed from the common race of men in so far as they could better cloak their vice with sophistries. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion And, firstly, by pleasure Epicurus did not mean, as the Cyrenaics did, merely the pleasure of the moment, whether physical or mental. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy He adopted the scientific opinions of Epicurus, as established in Rome by Lucretius, and was more immediately a disciple of Seneca. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions To the Cyrenaics pleasure was of moments; to Epicurus it extended as a habit of mind through life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Epicurus became acquainted with the couple during his four years' sojourn in Lampsacus and was much influenced by their learning and culture. Greek Women In the philosophical systems of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus it lies fully developed before us. Naturalism And Religion One might have expected that Epicurus would for this purpose have embraced atheism. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy “What do you think of—what do you think of—hiccup!—Epicurus?” Devil Stories An Anthology “Send me,” says Epicurus to a correspondent, “send me some Cythnian cheese, so that, should I choose, I may fare sumptuously.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z That was much later, after Lucretius, in putting Epicurus into verse, had declared religion to be the mother of sin. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Imperfections of the Canonic of Epicurus, Under the title of Canonic Epicurus delivers his philosophical views; they are, however, of a very superficial kind. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Epicurus, therefore, adopted the atomism of Democritus en bloc, or with trifling modifications. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Epicurus differed but little from the propounders of the code of revolutionary despotism. The History of Freedom There was no community of property, which, as Epicurus said, would imply distrust of their own and others’ good resolutions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z In words of perfect piety Epicurus pictured them in the felicity of the ideal. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The social conditions existing in Greece at the time of Epicurus may in some degree palliate his sentiments, but virtue and honour will make themselves felt at last. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition This, of course, is an invention of Epicurus, and formed no part of the doctrine of Democritus. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The result is a parallel to the fate of Epicurus. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 But experience had in the time of Epicurus shown the temporary and artificial character of the civic form of social life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z In addition, Epicurus had told of an ascension of heavens, skies beyond the sky, worlds without number, the many mansions of a later faith. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The passage from Epicurus to Zeno is the passage from sensual gratification to self-control. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Ethics.—Democritus’s moral system—the first collection of ethical precepts which deserves the name—strongly resembles the negative side of the system of Epicurus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" This philosophy in its pure state had no evil ethical tendency, but under the bad influences of remote followers of Epicurus it led to the degeneration of ethical practice. History of Human Society Epicurus in this way explains vision by substituting for the apparent action of a body at a distance a direct contact of image and organ. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z I have heard you spoken of more than once as a disciple of Epicurus. Berenice Antisthenes and Diogenes of Sinope, in their outrages on society and their self-mortifications, show to what end a period of faith, unrestrained by reason, will come; and Epicurus demonstrated its tendency when guided by self. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition And so he set up as a tolerant and hearty disciple of Epicurus. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) "Beware of excesses," says Epicurus, "for they will lead to unhappiness." History of Human Society That there are gods Epicurus never dreams of denying. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z And to speak out: though I detest the sect Of Epicurus for their manners vile, Yet what is true I may not well reject. Democritus Platonissans Such are the opinions to which the name of Epicurus has been attached; but there were Epicureans ages before that philosopher was born, and Epicureans there will be in all time to come. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Epicurus is the teacher whom he really delights to honour, and Cicero is forced to confess in his last hours that he has nearly come over to the camp of his old adversary. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) I’ve got a little place around the corner here that would have made Epicurus sit up nights inditing odes to it.” Carmen Ariza To prevent all reference of the more potent phenomena of nature to divine action Epicurus rationalizes the processes of the cosmos. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z But Epicurus seems to have worked out the Atomic Theory more in detail, as we have it expounded in Lucretius' magnificent poem. Five Stages of Greek Religion By such derisive promptings does Epicurus mock at the religion of his country—its rituals, sacrifices, prayers, and observances. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition A man who can revel in 'Epicurus' stye' without even the indirect homage to purity of remorse and bitterness, can do nothing but gratify our lowest passions. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Half-Hours" an opportunity of judging how far Miss Wright has conveyed a truthful idea of Epicurus's ethical philosophy:— "On leaving you, last night," said Theon, "I encountered Cleanthes. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Those of Aristotle are of questionable genuineness, but we can rely, at any rate in part, on those of Isocrates and Epicurus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z It also enables Epicurus to build up a world without the assistance of a god. Five Stages of Greek Religion Stoicism soon appeared as the antagonist of Epicureanism, and Epicurus found in Zeno of Citium a rival. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Epicurus says the sun is the size it seems to be; hence, as it seems to be a foot in breadth, we must consider that to be its size. Thoughts on Art and Life "I see but one other assertion that could equal that in folly," said Epicurus. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Nay, Epicurus have I never read, and what I know of his doctrine by hearsay revolteth me. Dreamers of the Ghetto Epicurus went to this school when he was fourteen, and seems, among other things, to have imbibed the Atomic Theory of Democritus without realizing that it was anything peculiar. Five Stages of Greek Religion Epicurus said that or, if he did not, Lucretius said it for him. The Paliser case At her receptions one always heard the best singers and players of the season, and Epicurus’ soul could rest in peace, for her chef had an international reputation. The Fifth String 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." Epicurus will say the same thing—“that the wise man is always happy;” which, indeed, he is in the habit of spouting out sometimes. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The ruined family took refuge in Colophon, and there Epicurus joined them. Five Stages of Greek Religion If ever again its pulse registers normal, sensible people will go back to Epicurus, whose existence was one long lesson in mental tranquillity. The Paliser case Horace professed himself a follower of the doctrines of Epicurus, which he took as a reasonable mean between the harshness of stoicism and the low morality of the Cyrenaics. 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 Epicurism—The principles of Epicurus—Luxury, sensual enjoyment, gross pleasure. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." What pain then attends Epicurus, when he says this very thing, that pain is the greatest evil; and yet nothing can be a greater disgrace to a philosopher than to talk thus. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Epicurus built up his philosophy, it would seem, while helping his parents and brothers through this bad time. Five Stages of Greek Religion Here, after a prelude in favor of philosophy and Latin together, Torquatus is allowed to make the best excuse he can for Epicurus. The Life of Cicero Volume II. But Epicurus calls it κακοτεχνία, reckoning it among the wicked arts. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Epicurus has been charged with sorcery, because he wrote several songs for his mother's solemn rites. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Or would we rather imitate Epicurus? who is often excellent in many things which he speaks, but quite indifferent how consistent he may be, or how much to the purpose he is speaking. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The best that Epicurus has really to say of the world is that if you are very wise and do not attract its notice—Λάθε βιώσας—it will not hurt you. Five Stages of Greek Religion It seems to us, however, that poor Epicurus is but badly treated—as has been generally the case in the prose works which have come down to us. The Life of Cicero Volume II. The scope of the Books is as follows: Books i. and ii. state the physical theories of Democritus and Epicurus. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors The better to prosecute his studies, Epicurus lived a life of celibacy. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." This is the very same which is said by Epicurus and Hieronymus. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Epicurus avoided sedulously the transcendental optimism of the Stoics. Five Stages of Greek Religion It would be well for them to know what Epicurus taught, or Zeno, and how they differed from Socrates and Plato, and this he told them. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Book i. states the Atomic Theory of Democritus, held by Epicurus, that the world consists of atoms and void. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Epicurus, who boasts that he was an inquirer and a philosopher in his thirteenth year, was scarcely likely to bow his mind to the mythology of his country. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." In what was Epicurus happier, living in his own country, than Metrodorus who lived at Athens? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Here again Epicurus found refuge in the old Ionian theory of Atoms and the Void, which is supposed to have originated with Democritus and Leucippus, a century before. Five Stages of Greek Religion When you read his philosophical treatises it is as though you were discussing with some latter-day scholar the theories of Plato or of Epicurus. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Lucretius, as Epicurus, is often weak in physics. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors If we attempt to review the whole of the teachings of Epicurus, we and they are defective and imperfect in many respects, and necessarily so. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Why, Epicurus, do we use any evasions, and not allow in our own words the same feeling to be pleasure, which you are used to boast of with such assurance? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero For, almost as much as Diogenes, Epicurus had obliterated the stamp on the conventional currency. Five Stages of Greek Religion He tells a story of the dying moments of Epicurus, quoting a letter written on his death-bed. The Life of Cicero Volume II. V.34 I was strongly attached to the doctrines of Epicurus. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar Epicurus says, no life can be pleasant except a virtuous life; and he charges you to avoid whatever maybe calculated to create disquiet in the mind, or give pain to the body. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." I should agree with Epicurus that we ought to be called off from grief to contemplate good things, if we could only agree upon what was good. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Epicurus is said to have had poor health, and the situation was one where even the best health would be sorely tried. Five Stages of Greek Religion The third book is but a fragment, but it begins well with 297pleasant raillery against Epicurus. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Epicurus unreservedly acknowledged its foundation, i.e. the existence of anthropomorphic beings of a higher order than man. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Which is the best, the philosophy of Epicurus, or the theology of Smilenof? Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." I have already said enough of Epicurus's consolation. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Probably the letter is a forgery: we are definitely informed that there was a collection of such forgeries, made in order to damage Epicurus. Five Stages of Greek Religion It had been pleasant to him to call himself a disciple of Plato, and to hold himself aloof from the straitness of the Stoics, and from the mundane theories of the followers of Epicurus. The Life of Cicero Volume II. They were entirely outside the world, a fact to which Epicurus gave expression by placing them in the empty spaces between the infinite number of spherical worlds which he assumed. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Remember the words of Epicurus, and seek that pleasure for yourself which appears the most durable, and attended with the greatest pleasure to your fellow men. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Epicurus offers himself to you, a man far from a bad, or, I should rather say, a very good man; he advises no more than he knows. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero It is perhaps at first sight strange that many kings and governors also followed Epicurus. Five Stages of Greek Religion Epicurus and his allies had found little to say as to the immortal gods. The Life of Cicero Volume II. In this way Epicurus also managed to uphold public worship itself. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity In the previous number we gave a short sketch of the opinions of Epicurus. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." And these are his exact words, so that any one may understand what were the pleasures with which Epicurus was acquainted. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero It is hard to find two more uncompromising thinkers than Zeno and Epicurus. Five Stages of Greek Religion The most celebrated person, of whom any work has been found, is Epicurus, whose treatise, De Natura, has been successfully unrolled. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The reasons why Epicurus assumed this attitude towards popular belief are simple enough. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Towards the close of his life, he found a powerful antagonist in the person of Epicurus, and the Epicureans and Stoics have since treated each other as rival sects. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." He had all those other means and appliances which Epicurus thinks so necessary, that he says that if they are denied, he cannot understand what is good. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Epicurus succeeded in barring the door, and admitted nothing more. Five Stages of Greek Religion Epicurus reached a similar practical atheism apparently from a scientific view of the construction of the world. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV It made no difference that Epicurus's definition of the nature of the gods was the direct outcome of a fundamental doctrine of popular belief. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity These atoms are not eternal, as Epicurus believed them to be, but created. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy But when one is arguing with philosophers of your school, one is forced to hear a great deal about even the obscure pleasures which Epicurus himself continually mentions. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero "It is not possible," says Epicurus, "to live pleasantly without living prudently and honorably and justly." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Epicurus specifies two kinds of pleasure, that of rest and that of motion. A Manual of Moral Philosophy As it was asserted in antiquity that Epicurus used his book largely, the latter is more probable. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Epicurus too, he says, believed in the atomic theory, though he regarded the world as eternal. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy And thus fortune is made the mistress of happiness in life,—Fortune, which, Epicurus says, has but little to do with a wise man. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Among these groups of idlers were mingled the disciples of Zeno and Epicurus, who "encountered" Paul. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles It may be doubted whether Epicurus denoted by pleasure,18 mere physical pleasure alone. A Manual of Moral Philosophy Any rational explanation of this postulate is not possible on Epicurus's hypotheses, and the criticism of his theology was therefore especially directed against this point. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity From the antinomian torrent of this voluptuous anarchy the spirits of Epicurus, of Spinoza, of Goethe, of Nietzsche, turn away in horror. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations As it is, you cannot be looked upon with contempt; but you will easily avoid odium and unpopularity, for precepts on that subject are given by Epicurus. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero There is not one of all the various founders of the ancient philosophical schools whose memory was cherished with so much veneration by his disciples as that of Epicurus. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Epicureanism numbered among its disciples, not only men of approved virtue, but not a few, like Pliny the Younger, of a more active type of virtue than Epicurus would have deemed consistent with pleasure. A Manual of Moral Philosophy If nevertheless Epicurus did not escape the charge of atheism the sole reason is that his whole theology was denounced off-hand as hypocrisy. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity "Now, similarly placed, what would Epicurus have done?" Jonah and Co. Oh, says he, Epicurus has handed down maxims according to which we may disregard pain. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero It is said of Epicurus that he loved to hearken to the stories of the indifference and apathy of Pyrrhon, and that, in these qualities, he aspired to imitate him. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles You used to berate the hogs of Epicurus' sty. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice Only the other philosophers, those that wallow in Epicurus' sty, know anything about the latter question. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory "Come, come," said I. "Similarly placed, what would Epicurus have done?" Jonah and Co. Oh, but Epicurus is also liable to pain. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero "Every kind of pleasure" is, in the estimation of Epicurus, "alike good," and alike proper. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles I got up with Stoic fortitude of mind in the cold this morning; but afterwards, in my hot bath, I joined the school of Epicurus. More Trivia Besides these, by way of novelty, we fall in with the grave, much-bearded, long-faced bust, Epicurus underwritten on the pedestal. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Is Epicurus right when he asserts that images proceed forth from us, as it were a kind of slough that continually streams from our bodies? The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura But still Epicurus here mentions what, when dying, he considered great credit to himself. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero And now Lucretius shall describe the formation of the different parts of the world according to the cosmogony of Epicurus. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles It is the very theology of Epicurus to allow the existence of these “heavenly things,” but to deny their connection with human concerns, and their influence on human actions. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. "He is the Breviary of the natural man, his poetry is the Imitation not of Christ but of Epicurus." Horace Take, for instance, the cases of Anaxagoras, Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus, and other natural philosophers. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura I recognise in these words, O Epicurus, the sentiments of a philosopher, but still you forgot what you ought to have said. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero So much honor having been paid to the memory of Epicurus, we naturally expect that his works would have been preserved with religious care. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Nourished on Lucretius, imbued with the doctrines of Epicurus and Gassendi, he often provoked Monsieur de La Rochecoup�e by the display of a cold disbelief in fairies. The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin 1920 "You lean not then to the creed of Epicurus, which teaches——" "Who, I?" interrupted Cicero, almost indignantly. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 If Epicurus had been accused before the people he could easily have defended his cause and proved his principles of philosophy to be as salutary as those of his adversaries. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics I will pass over every one else, and call him only as a witness whom Epicurus himself followed to the exclusion of others. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero But Epicurus was not, like Pyrrhon, a skeptic; on the contrary, he was the most imperious dogmatist. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles In one or another form, varying in particulars, but agreeing in substance, it has been before the world ever since the days of Democritus, and more especially of his follower, Epicurus. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' Epicurus assailed superstition and religion, and rightly, because he did not know the true religion. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The subjective elements are all experimental, or empirical, and cannot supply the universal principle of morality, though they are expounded in that sense by such writers as Montaigne, Mandeville, Epicurus, and Hutcheson. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics I only say that it would have been more becoming in you to keep Epicurus's birthday, than in him to leave injunctions in his will that it should be kept. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Now "Epicurus might be perfectly honest in saying he had read very little, and had worked out the conclusions in his own mind, but he was a copyist, nevertheless; few men more entirely so." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Or, the child may mean the wise philosophy of Epicurus, removed alike from the gross, the sad, and the severe.” Romola One main object of Epicurus was to free the world from superstition and the fear of death. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Epicurus said: Either God wishes to hinder evil and cannot, or He can and does not wish to, or He cannot nor does he wish to, or He does wish to and can. The Gods are Athirst Do I explain your opinion rightly? for your disciples are used to deny that we understand at all what Epicurus means. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The grand object of philosophy, according to Epicurus, is the attainment of a happy life. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Nevertheless, "Epicurus Rotundus" was now a made man on the highway to success. The History of "Punch" Lange considers the relation of Epicurus to the gods subjective; the indication, probably, of an ethical requirement of his own nature. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 I will only say that what you quote from Epicurus is foolishness; because God is arraigned in it as if he was a man, with a man's moral code. The Gods are Athirst You have here a representation of a happy life according to Epicurus, in the words of Zeno, so that there is no room for contradiction in any point. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The proof which Epicurus offers in support of his doctrine, "that pleasure is the chief good," is truly characteristic. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles When Epicurus had made these remarks, Quintus, and before any of us who were at the end of the porch806 could reply, he went off abruptly. Plutarch's Morals To such people Epicurus, who spared no pains to rid his style of every trace of haze and turbidity, appeared, on this very account, superficial. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Such is the modern philosophy of the Moulders, pigs out of the sty of Epicurus. Orley Farm Do those grandiloquent gentlemen state anything better than Epicurus, in opposition to these two things which distress us the most? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The grosser minds sought refuge in the doctrines of Epicurus. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles And that there does also intervene a various local Motion of such small Bodies, will scarce be denied; whether we chuse to grant the Origine of Concretions assign’d by Epicurus, or that related by Moses. The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. The errors of Epicurus shall be corrected, and the body of his truth retained. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 He graduated in 1841, as a Doctor of Philosophy, with an essay on the philosophy of Epicurus, and it was his purpose to settle at Bonn as a professor of philosophy. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles And as to other things, do not Epicurus and the rest of the philosophers seem sufficiently prepared? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero In this embarrassment, Epicurus, compelled to acknowledge that the human race believes in the existence of gods, addresses himself to an old theory of Democritus--that is, he appeals to dreams. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Above these are two busts on brackets, Thespis and Epicurus, or possibly Epicharmus. Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Epicurus also rated the spirit above the body; the pleasure of the body being that of the moment, while the spirit could draw upon the future and the past. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The attitude of Epicurus to science is particularly well marked. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield It may be said, What! do you imagine Epicurus really meant this, and that he maintained anything so sensual? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero In the system of Epicurus, the soul is regarded as corporeal or material, like the body; they form, together, one nature or substance. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles If it were true, as Epicurus said, that the gods take no concern in human affairs, then not religion only, but morality itself would be in danger. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics On one great point the mind of Epicurus was at peace. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Epicurus too had the property of the Gardens where he lectured; and these too became the property of his sect. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American And after him Epicurus easily gave into this effeminate and enervated doctrine. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero These are not sufficient, however, even in the judgment of Epicurus, to account for sensation; they are not adequate to generate sensible motives such as revolve any thoughts in the mind. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles It might be objected at this point, by such as follow the philosophy of Epicurus, that, even though such beings exist, we have no right to assume that they have any regard for us. The Complex Vision He defended Epicurus, and dwelt upon his purity, both of doctrine and of life. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Never were any three writers, of high celebrity, so little understood in the main character, as Plato, Diogenes, and Epicurus. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection No one, indeed, asserts that; though Epicurus charges Democritus with saying so; but the disciples of Democritus deny it. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Matter, under any form known to Epicurus, is confessedly insufficient to explain sensation and thought; a "nameless something" must be supposed. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles French and English materialism always remain in close relationship with Democritus and Epicurus. Selected Essays You have probably heard of certain philosophers of the ancient world named Democritus, Epicurus, and Lucretius. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 But, intractable as was this recluse, Epicurus, I fear, is quite as lamentable. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection What is Epicurus's maxim?—If anything that appears to the senses be false, then nothing can be perceived. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The Physics and the Psychology of Epicurus are thus the natural outgrowth of his Morality. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Belshazzar's court fed on fish of every type, birds of every flight, brutes of every clime, and added thereto each finer luxury known in the catalogue of the temperate Epicurus.... The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 What, Epicurus, Aristippus, tired already? 'tis too soon; ye sages, Be men; resume that erstwhile furious wrath. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Solon, Anaxagoras, and Epicurus, are more sublime, if truth is sublimity. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection And so, while we are silent, all perception and comprehension is done away with by the two principles laid down, one by Epicurus and the other by you. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The evil genius which presided over the method of Epicurus, and perverted all his processes of thought, is clearly apparent. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles None could see this truth clearly but an enthusiast in diet like Epicurus, who, discovering the unexceptionableness of the natural law, proceeded to the work of adaptation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Here Mausolus, a king of Caria, has left us ‘mausoleum’, Academus ‘academy’, Epicurus ‘epicure’, Philip of Macedon a ‘philippic’, being such a discourse as Demosthenes once launched against the enemy of Greece, and Cicero ‘cicerone’. English Past and Present No god of Epicurus rests his elbow on his armchair with less energetic exertion or discomposure. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection But now, if I approved of the doctrines of Epicurus, that is to say, of Democritus, I could write of natural philosophy in as plain a style as Amafanius. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The grand object of Epicurus was to make the current of life flow on as comfortably as possible, without any distracting thoughts of the past or any disturbing visions of the future. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Epicurus, in exalting cookery and eating and drinking to a plane of philosophical importance, was a true friend of his race, and showed himself the most sensible and wisest of all the Greek philosophers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 A twentieth century exemplar of the famous Greek philosopher, Epicurus, acknowledged authority on the art of good eating. What's in the New York Evening Journal America's Greatest Evening Newspaper But I wonder at the ignorance and precipitancy of those who call Epicurus an atheist. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection I do not grant that, says he, to Epicurus. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The sketch of Epicurus which is given in his "Lives" is evidently a "labor of love." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Thus philosophy was mainly concerned with conduct, i.e. with Ethics, but secondarily and negatively with Physics, to which was appended what Epicurus called Canonics, or the science of testing, that is, a kind of logic. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Ask the philosophers of the Grecian schools,—Epicurus, Socrates, Zeno, Plato, Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca,—and you will find them discoursing upon the Supreme Good. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Would you, O Lucian, be classed among the atheists, like Epicurus? Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection And when I had said this, more for the purpose of exciting him than of speaking myself, Triarius, smiling gently, said,—You, indeed, have almost entirely expelled Epicurus from the number of philosophers. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero And inasmuch as Epicurus admits of no causes "but space and matter," and rejects all divine or supernatural interposition, the new movement must be purely arbitrary. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles He had no theory of definition, or division, or ratiocination, or refutation, or explication; on all these matters Epicurus was, as Cicero said, 'naked and unarmed.' A Short History of Greek Philosophy Democritus and his follower Epicurus thought that it was the atoms, termed by our writers "bodies that cannot be cut up," or, by some, "indivisibles." The Ten Books on Architecture I do not think they belong to any god whatever; and shall never be persuaded of it unless Epicurus says it is so. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Did Polyænus, who is said to have been a great mathematician, after he had been persuaded by Epicurus to believe all geometry to be false, forget all the knowledge which he had previously possessed? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero It is needless to offer any criticism on the reasoning of Epicurus. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles To the Democritean doctrine, however, Epicurus made a curious addition, to which he himself is said to have attached much importance. A Short History of Greek Philosophy And Epicurus, in much the same way, says that the wise owe little to fortune; all that is greatest and essential is under the direction of the thinking power of the mind and the understanding. The Ten Books on Architecture It occurs to me, Epicurus, that I have rarely seen climbing plants attach themselves to these trees, as they do to the oak, the maple, the beech, and others. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection But nothing false can be comprehended; and Scyron recollects all the dogmas of Epicurus; therefore they are all true. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero But may not "that principle which lies entirely hid, and remains in secret" 819--and about which even Epicurus 445 does not know any thing--be a spiritual, an immaterial principle? Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles And Epicurus considered that this supposed deviation of the atoms not only made a world possible, but human freedom also. A Short History of Greek Philosophy In the opinion of Epicurus and Lucretius, tranquillity of mind was the grand practical benefit of that unbelief which they sought to inculcate respecting the doctrine of Providence and Immortality. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws Epicurus, you are in the right to bring it away from Athens, from under the eye of Pallas: she might be angry. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection After him came Epicurus, whose school is now better known, though he does not exactly agree with the Cyrenaics about pleasure itself. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Physics and Psychology are thus the only studies which Epicurus would tolerate as "conducive to the happiness of man." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles For abstract theories on physics, except as an adjunct and support to his moral conceptions, Epicurus seems to have had very little inclination. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Then he bought other ancient authors, Plato, Plutarch, Epicurus, and others. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Epicurus may appear less pious than some others, but I am certain he is more; otherwise the gods would never have given him—— Leontion. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection These principles, then, of Epicurus, I say, I do not approve of. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Additional light is also furnished by the philosophic poem of Lucretius "On the Nature of Things," which was written to advocate the 427 physical theory of Epicurus. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles For it is to be remembered that thoughts were with Epicurus only converted sensations, and sensations were bodily processes. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Spurious men of the world and spurious men of piety only seek for the appearance of virtue, and I believe that in matters of morality, Seneca was a hypocrite and Epicurus was a saint. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Epicurus has an excellent heart; he would give pain to no one; least of all to you. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection But Epicurus thinks that the highest pleasure consists in an absence of all pains; so that pleasure may afterwards be varied, and may be of different kinds, but cannot be increased or amplified. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Epicurus does not dispense with virtue, but he simply employs it as a means to an end, namely, the securing of happiness. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Directly or indirectly, therefore, every happiness came back, in the rough phrase of Epicurus, to one's belly at last. A Short History of Greek Philosophy But the position of a votary of St. Epicurus had grown difficult. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Explain to me, then, O Epicurus, why we suffer so much from ingratitude. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection And here you may again quote those panegyrics which have been uttered in most eloquent language by Epicurus himself, on the subject of friendship. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero As to the personal character of Epicurus, opinions have been divided both in ancient and modern times. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles One of the chief and highest pleasures of life Epicurus found in the possession of friends, who provided for each other not only help and protection, but a lifelong joy. A Short History of Greek Philosophy And here we find the key to one of the oddest passages in his works, that in which he attributes his inspiration to two saints, St. Augustine and St. Epicurus! Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France O Epicurus! you are very, very dear to me; and are the last in the world that would ever tell you were called so. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Nature by herself enriches the wise man; and, indeed, Epicurus has taught us that the riches of nature are such as can be acquired. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero 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 For the 'larger friendship' of the civic community, Epicurus seems to have had only a very neutral regard. A Short History of Greek Philosophy You say "to bear;" and this is a part of firmness, but it is not the whole of that virtue, which consists in bearing strongly, as I say, or in not feeling, as Epicurus said. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem When Epicurus teaches us such sentiments as these, I am grieved that he has not so great an authority with the Athenians as some others have. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection For Metrodorus himself, who is almost a second Epicurus, describes a happy man in these words. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Epicurus is at great pains to prove that the soul is material; and it can not be denied that he marshals his arguments with great skill. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The parts of the 'philosophy,' if we are so to call it, of Epicurus hang badly together, and neither the Canonics nor the Physics show any real faculty of serious thinking at all. A Short History of Greek Philosophy The ignorant do not believe in this meaning of Epicurus. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem Take the volume; take it, Epicurus! tear it in pieces. 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