Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BC), who flourished not long after Aristotle died, founded a school of philosophy that convened at his home and garden in Athens. Called 'the Garden', this school dedicated ...
Epicurus, founder of Epicureanism, taught that happiness stems from wisdom, moderation, and inner peace, not excess. He ...
Got thinking the other day about good, old Epicurus. Surely, you remember him? This Epicurus fellow was a member of one of the most revered communities of ancient Greece known as philosophers. He ...
How to be an Epicurean. By Catherine Wilson. Basic Books; 304 pages; $17.99. Published in Britain as “The Pleasure Principle”; HarperCollins; £14.99 IN CATHERINE WILSON’S manual on “the ancient art of ...
This discerning debut from Austin, a philosophy professor at Wake Forest University, defends the ancient Greek ethical philosophy of Epicureanism. “Pleasures both large and small give shape and color ...
Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BC), who flourished not long after Aristotle died, founded a school of philosophy that convened at his home and garden in Athens. Called 'the Garden', this school dedicated ...
With Epicurus’s philosophy, the root of happiness was grounded in the fact that one was able to recognise the simpler pleasures of life and was satisfied with them so that there were no unnecessary ...