Epicurus

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Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded Epicureanism, a school of thought that taught that the highest good is the pursuit of modest pleasures, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.

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instanceOf Hellenistic philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
founder of a philosophical school ⓘ
birthDate 341 BC ⓘ
birthPlace Samos ⓘ
citizenship Athens ⓘ
deathDate 270 BC ⓘ
deathPlace Athens ⓘ
era Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
founded Epicureanism ⓘ
Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
The Garden ⓘ
influenced Horace ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Lucretius ⓘ
Philodemus ⓘ
Pierre Gassendi ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
influencedBy Aristippus ⓘ
surface form: Aristippus of Cyrene

Democritus ⓘ
Pyrrho ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
mainInterest epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of nature ⓘ
name Epicurus self-link ⓘ
notableIdea absence of pain as the greatest pleasure ⓘ
aponia ⓘ
ataraxia ⓘ
atomism ⓘ
classification of desires into natural and necessary, natural but not necessary, and vain ⓘ
death is nothing to us ⓘ
gods are indifferent to human affairs ⓘ
hedonism as pursuit of modest pleasures ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
pleasure as the highest good ⓘ
the swerve of atoms (clinamen) ⓘ
the tetrapharmakos (fourfold remedy) ⓘ
philosophicalSchoolLocation Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
surface form: Garden of Epicurus in Athens
residence Athens ⓘ
schoolOrTradition Epicureanism ⓘ
taught avoidance of political life ⓘ
friendship as a key to happiness ⓘ
knowledge based on sense perception ⓘ
philosophy as a way of life ⓘ
the goal of life is tranquility and freedom from fear ⓘ
the universe is infinite and eternal ⓘ
there is no afterlife of personal consciousness ⓘ
viewOnFear philosophy should free humans from fear of gods and death ⓘ
viewOnGods gods exist but do not intervene in the world ⓘ
wrote Letter to Herodotus ⓘ
Letter to Menoeceus ⓘ
Letter to Herodotus ⓘ
surface form: Letter to Pythocles

On Nature ⓘ
Principal Doctrines ⓘ
Vatican Sayings ⓘ

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Aristippus → influenced → Epicurus ⓘ
Samos → birthplaceOf → Epicurus ⓘ
Lucretius → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ
Epicurus → name → Epicurus self-link ⓘ
Helvétius → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ
Epicureanism → foundedBy → Epicurus ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → preserves → Epicurus ⓘ
this entity surface form: letters of Epicurus
Democritus → influenced → Epicurus ⓘ
Leucippus → influenced → Epicurus ⓘ
Pierre Gassendi → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ
The Garden → foundedBy → Epicurus ⓘ
The Garden → taughtPhilosophyOf → Epicurus ⓘ
The Garden → centralFigure → Epicurus ⓘ
the tetrapharmakos (fourfold remedy) → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ
subject surface form: tetrapharmakos
Principal Doctrines → hasAuthor → Epicurus ⓘ
Letter to Herodotus → author → Epicurus ⓘ
Letter to Menoeceus → author → Epicurus ⓘ
Vatican Sayings → hasAuthor → Epicurus ⓘ
Vatican Sayings → isRelatedTo → Epicurus ⓘ
Claude Adrien → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Adrien Helvétius
Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) → deathBefore → Epicurus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Epicurus (according to ancient reports)
Book 10 on Epicurus → subject → Epicurus ⓘ
Atomism → associatedWith → Epicurus ⓘ
Atomism → majorProponent → Epicurus ⓘ