The Essential Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments (Great Books in Philosophy) (edit title/settings)

by Epicurus (Author), Eugene Michael O'Connor (edit contributors)

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Epicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the striving after an independent state of mind and body, imperturbability, and reliance on sensory data as the true basis of knowledge. Epicurus (ca. 341-271 B.C.)... read more

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Books › Nonfiction › Foreign Language Nonfiction › More Languages › Greek
Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Ancient
Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Greek & Roman
Books › History › Europe › Vatican

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