Epicurism
- a variation of Epicureanism.
- a word derived from epicure.
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You that are genuine Athenians, devour with a golden Epicurism the arts and sciences, the spirits and extractions of authors.—Culverwell,
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Thus for the Roman's destitution in regard to God Epicurism could find no remedy, and as a consequence it could provide no religious sanction for his conduct in life.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde
Whatever may be said of the religious asceticism, the Epicurism required a corrective to redeem it from selfishness and guard it against self-deceit.
From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin
An innocent Epicurism, tempered by religious asceticism of a mild kind—such is the philosophy of The Task, and such the ideal embodied in the portrait of the happy man with which it concludes.
From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin
He appears to have been a Peripatetic, at least until he could keep a coach, but on the subjects of dress, dining, and some others, his opinions favour strongly of Epicurism.
From Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick by Doyle, Richard
In such cases knowledge produces but a passing impression; a sensation, but no more; it is, in fact, the merest epicurism of intelligence—sensuous, but certainly not intellectual.
From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Smiles, Samuel
The major, who was noted for his epicurism, enjoyed the delicacies served up to him with the profound seriousness and immovable tranquillity of a philosopher.
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Analyzed to the bottom, the writer is a freethinker, but a free thinker whose flexible imagination still allows him the delicate epicurism of religious emotion.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
He was now able to look over his notes of epicurism, and to discover where the most exquisite dishes were to be had, and the best cooks procured.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 350, January 3, 1829 by Various
It was not epicurism, however, or a love of the stomach, that induced him to defer his explanations on the present occasion.
From The Crater by Cooper, James Fenimore
