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epicurean

[ep-i-kyoo-ree-uhn, -kyoor-ee-] / ˌɛp ɪ kyʊˈri ən, -ˈkyʊər i- /




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Its subject was Greek Epicurean philosophy, which teaches that fulfilment can be found through the pleasure of everyday things.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

But that doesn't stop him from blatantly misunderstanding the Greek philosopher Epicurus in his nonsensical complaint about "Epicurean liberalism."

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2023

A few Latin works have been identified, but most of these contain Greek texts relating to the Epicurean school of philosophy.

From Scientific American • Oct. 17, 2023

Although the Epicurean philosophers were critically responding to the work of Plato and Aristotle, it should be evident that they also have antecedents in Presocratic thought.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Hill may not have lived to know it, but suddenly in 1610 Epicurean philosophy had become ‘something serious’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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