Epicurus

[ ep-i-kyoor-uhs ]

noun

1. 342?–270 b.c., Greek philosopher.

Epicurus

/ ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs /

noun

1. Epicurus341 bc270 bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher, 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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Epicurus had much of the spirit of a practical philosopher, although very little of the earnest cravings of a religious man.

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(Epicurus's opinion that) the stars carry terrestrial bodies along in their rapid flight is undemonstrable.

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The genuine teaching of Epicurus he did not know; hence he considered himself an Epicurean.

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Thus much will make it probable at least, that Virgil had Moses in his thoughts rather than Epicurus, when he composed this poem.

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Epicurus too, he says, believed in the atomic theory, though he regarded the world as eternal.

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