Epicurus

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Hellenistic philosopher ancient Greek philosopher founder of a philosophical school

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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Label	Occurrences
Epicurus canonical	42
Epicurus (according to ancient reports)	1
letters of Epicurus	1

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Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

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Greek Antiquity → hasNotablePhilosopher → Epicurus ⓘ

Classical Greek philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Epicurus ⓘ

Aristippus → influenced → Epicurus ⓘ

Samos → birthplaceOf → Epicurus ⓘ

Lucretius → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

Hellenistic period → notableFigure → Epicurus ⓘ

The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature → mainSubject → Epicurus ⓘ

The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

Epicurus → name → Epicurus self-link ⓘ

Helvétius → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

Epicureanism → foundedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

Epicureanism → primaryTextAuthor → Epicurus ⓘ

Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → philosophersCovered → Epicurus ⓘ

Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → preserves → Epicurus ⓘ

this entity surface form: letters of Epicurus

Democritus → influenced → Epicurus ⓘ

Leucippus → influenced → Epicurus ⓘ

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Pierre Gassendi → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

Classical antiquity → hasKeyPhilosopher → Epicurus ⓘ

Hegesias of Cyrene → comparedWith → Epicurus ⓘ

Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → includesPhilosopher → Epicurus ⓘ

The Garden → foundedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

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The Garden → centralFigure → Epicurus ⓘ

Epicurus' Garden in Athens → foundedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

the swerve of atoms (clinamen) → associatedWithPhilosopher → Epicurus ⓘ

the tetrapharmakos (fourfold remedy) → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

subject surface form: tetrapharmakos

Principal Doctrines → hasAuthor → Epicurus ⓘ

Principal Doctrines → summarizesPhilosophyOf → Epicurus ⓘ

Letter to Herodotus → author → Epicurus ⓘ

Letter to Herodotus → writtenByPhilosopher → Epicurus ⓘ

Letter to Menoeceus → author → Epicurus ⓘ

Vatican Sayings → hasAuthor → Epicurus ⓘ

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Claude Adrien → influencedBy → Epicurus ⓘ

subject surface form: Claude Adrien Helvétius

Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) → closeAssociateOf → Epicurus ⓘ

Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) → teacher → Epicurus ⓘ

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Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) → deathBefore → Epicurus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epicurus (according to ancient reports)

Book 10 on Epicurus → subject → Epicurus ⓘ

Principal Doctrines of Epicurus → hasAuthor → Epicurus ⓘ

Atomism → associatedWith → Epicurus ⓘ

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