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The Epicurean school of philosophy was one of the dominant philosophies of the Hellenistic period. Founded by Epicurus o
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The texts of Diogenes of Oinoanda (2nd century AD) who invited his readers to an Epicurean life is the largest ancient i
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Novelists, artists, and philosophers of the eighteenth century understood pleasure as a virtue—a gift to be shared with
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In his Letter to Menoeceus, the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus states that ‘death is nothing to us’. Few philosopher
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This landmark study examines the role played by the rediscovery of the writings of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lu
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