Epicurus (342-270 BC) was a Greek philosopher and the founder of Epicureanism. He was the first of the overt therapy philosophers and an upholder of the atomic theory. Epicurus was born either in Samos or in Athens. He spent his youth in the Athenian...

Along with the teachings of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics, Epicureanism, named for the philosopher Epicurus, was one of the most important and influential philosophical doctrines in existence during both the Hellenistic and Roman periods....

c. 341-270 B.C. Greek Philosopher Epicurus founded the Epicurean school of philosophy, which sought attainment of happiness through simple living. His importance to science lies in modifying and promulgating Democritean atomism. Epicurus was born at...

341-271 B.C. Greek philosopher who introduced an ethical philosophy based on simple pleasure, friendship, and the avoidance of political activity and public life. He was the founder of schools of philosophy that competed with the Academy of Plato and...

Epicurus(341–270 Bce) Epicurus was born on Samos to parents who were Athenian citizens. Evidence about his philosophical debts and development must be sifted from conflicting reports arising out of the agonistic context of ancient Greek...

Epicurus (Greek Έπίκουρος) (341 BC, Samos – 270 BC, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of Epicureanism, a popular school of thought in Hellenistic Philosophy that spanned about 600 years. Of his over 300 written...

I'M ON HOLIDAY and I've decided to bankrupt myself by checking into a hotel that promises to make me happy - or, as the brochure puts it, to cater to my every need. There are two pools, air- conditioned bungalows, nightly barbecues and mimosa-lined...

WARREN, James. Epicurus and Democritean Ethics. An Archaeology of Ataraxia. Cambridge Classical Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xiv + 241 pp. Cloth, $55.00--The objective of this study is the delineation of a philosophical tradition linking Epicurus' ethical philosophy to Democritus. Specifically, Warren...

Long offers a broad view of Epicurus's thought in the excerpt below, moving from biography and history to epistemology, and culminating with his ethical teachings.

Wallace, a British scholar who taught at Oxford, published his extensive volume on Epicureanism as the philosopher's reputation was beginning to revive after some centuries of general rejection in England. The excerpt that follows provides, first, a synopsis of Epicureanism in general and, second, a delineation of Epicurus's notion of ethics. Wallace begins with a refutation of myths and misperceptions; he concludes with an image of Epicurus as "modern" in his notion of the indi...

The following excerpt, arranged according to Epicurus's own principles of education, sketches DeWitt's view of Epicurus, ranging from his life and philosophy to his reputation and historical influence. DeWitt makes it his explicit goal "to create the proper attitude for a sympathetic understanding of the man and his work. "

This essay gives an overview of Epicurus' philosophies.

This is a philosophy essay written to tell what a philosopher by the name of Epicurus believed pleasure was.