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

Epicurus says the first part comes directly inherited from your parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 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

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