Epicurus (redirected from Epicurus of Samos)

Ep·i·cu·rus  (p-kyrs) 341?-270 b.c.

Greek philosopher who founded his influential school of Epicureanism in Athens (c. 306) and a utopian community called "The Garden."

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Epicurus [ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs]

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(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

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Epicurus - Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)

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Epicurus [ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs] n → Epicuro