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Epicurus [ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs] n
(Biographies / Epicurus (341 bc-270 bc) M, Greek, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher,) 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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| "Why," said La Fontaine, "does not our master Epicurus descend into the garden? It is a poor saying of Epicurus, Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus; as if man, made for the contemplation of heaven, and all noble objects, should do nothing but kneel before a little idol, and make himself a subject, though not of the mouth (as beasts are), yet of the eye; which was given him for higher purposes. This great philosopher freely acknowledged his own mistakes in natural philosophy, because he proceeded in many things upon conjecture, as all men must do; and he found that Gassendi, who had made the doctrine of Epicurus as palatable as he could, and the vortices of Descartes, were equally to be exploded. |
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