Epicurus

American  

[ep-i-kyoor-uhs] / ˌɛp ɪˈkjʊər əs /

noun

1. 342?–270 b.c., Greek philosopher.

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Epicurus British  

/ 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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Epicurus

Consider books that urge us to travel with Epicurus, follow Aristotle’s way or accompany Plato to the Googleplex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

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.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024

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

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2023

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.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2023

As we have seen, the ‘corpuscularian philosophy’, as Boyle called it, was based on the teachings of Epicurus and Lucretius, opponents of all religion.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton