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Stoicism indeed, as we shall see, held out a hand to the new movement, simply because Stoicism had a religious side which was wanting in Epicurism.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
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 W. Warde Fowler
I went on to Stoicism, Epicurism, Cynicism, Scepticism, and in that lowest deep I found a lower depth, when I became sceptical of Scepticism itself.'
From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley
But Atticus, the well-known friend and correspondent of Cicero, was perhaps the most perfect example ever exhibited of genuine and practical Epicurism.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
Epicurism was scarcely more prevalent during the decline of the Roman empire than it is at this day amongst some of the wealthy and noble youths of Britain.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Maria Edgeworth
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 L. (Luise) Mühlbach
And yet with all this spice of epicurism and apparent selfishness, he was liberal, kind-hearted, and obliging.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
If I might judge from my own experience, I should attribute fashionable epicurism in a great measure to ennui.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Maria Edgeworth
The recipes may be thought extravagant in these late hard times—though epicurism has changed rather than vanished.
From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Anne MacDonell
After dinner--at which an unwonted and perverse epicurism detained me longer than usual--I lighted a cigar and paced the piazza, minutely attentive to the aspect and business of a very ordinary village.
From Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by William H. Elson
