Epicurus

[ep-i-kyoor-uhs]

noun

1. 342?–270 b.c., Greek philosopher.

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

Example Sentences

To walk off all that food, I would then go food shopping at Epicurus Gourmet in North Hollywood.

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Scholars believe the style of the writing is typical of the Greek philosopher Philodemus, who followed the teachings of Epicurus, and may have been philosopher-in-residence at Herculaneum.

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But that doesn't stop him from blatantly misunderstanding the Greek philosopher Epicurus in his nonsensical complaint about "Epicurean liberalism."

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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.

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Smith came across a reference to the playwright while researching a book he meant to focus on the Greek philosopher Epicurus.

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