Epicurus

[ ep-i-kyoor-uhs ]

noun
  1. 342?–270 b.c., Greek philosopher.

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Epicurus

/ (ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs) /


noun
  1. 341–270 bc, Greek philosopher, who held that the highest good is pleasure and that the world is a series of fortuitous combinations of atoms

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