Epicurus' Garden in Athens

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communal retreat educational institution philosophical school

Epicurus' Garden in Athens was the philosopher Epicurus’ private school and communal retreat where he taught his influential system of atomistic philosophy and the pursuit of tranquil pleasure.

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Label Occurrences
Garden of Epicurus 4
Epicurus' Garden in Athens canonical 1
Garden of Epicurus in Athens 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communal retreat ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ
philosophical school ⓘ
admitted men ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
women ⓘ
contrastWith Lyceum of Aristotle ⓘ
surface form: Aristotle's Lyceum

Academy of Athens ⓘ
surface form: Plato's Academy
coreGoalTaught aponia ⓘ
ataraxia ⓘ
tranquil pleasure ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
emphasizedEthicsOf absence of fear of death ⓘ
absence of fear of gods ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
moderation ⓘ
foundedBy Epicurus ⓘ
foundedInCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox 306 BCE ⓘ
influenced Lucretius ⓘ
Philodemus ⓘ
Roman Epicureanism ⓘ
later Epicurean communities in the Hellenistic world ⓘ
knownFor private instruction ⓘ
shared meals ⓘ
simple lifestyle ⓘ
languageOfInstruction Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy model of philosophical community life ⓘ
symbol of Epicurean philosophy ⓘ
locatedIn Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece

Athens ⓘ
operatedIn Hellenistic period ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation atomism ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Epicureanism ⓘ
socialStructure philosophical community ⓘ
taughtDoctrine all phenomena explained by atoms and void ⓘ
death is absence of sensation ⓘ
gods do not intervene in human affairs ⓘ
importance of limiting desires ⓘ
pleasure as highest good ⓘ
teachingFocus epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
usedAs communal living space ⓘ
residence of Epicurus ⓘ
school for disciples ⓘ

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Epicurus → founded → Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
Epicurus → philosophicalSchoolLocation → Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garden of Epicurus in Athens
Epicureanism → centerOfActivity → Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garden of Epicurus
Principal Doctrines → originatesIn → Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garden of Epicurus
Letter to Herodotus → associatedWith → Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garden of Epicurus
Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) → associatedWith → Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garden of Epicurus