Epicureanism
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Epicureanism is an ancient Greek philosophical school founded by Epicurus that teaches that the highest good is a life of modest pleasure, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
Observed surface forms (2)
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| Epicurean physics | 0 | 1 |
| Epicureans | 0 | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic philosophy
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ancient Greek philosophy → ethical theory → philosophical school → |
| aimsAt |
absence of bodily pain
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freedom from fear → tranquility of mind → |
| centerOfActivity |
Epicurus' Garden in Athens
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surface form:
Garden of Epicurus
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| contrastsWith |
Aristotelianism
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Platonism → Stoicism → |
| coreValue |
aponia
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ataraxia → pleasure as the highest good → |
| distinguishes |
natural and necessary desires
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natural but unnecessary desires → vain and empty desires → |
| emergedInCentury | 4th century BCE → |
| epistemologicalView | empiricism → |
| ethicalFocus |
consequentialism
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hedonism → |
| foundedBy | Epicurus → |
| headquartersLocation | Athens → |
| holdsView |
death is the end of sensation
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fear of death is irrational → gods do not intervene in human affairs → the soul is mortal → |
| influenced |
Enlightenment thought
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Lucretius → Roman philosophy → modern secular ethics → |
| influencedBy |
Democritus
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Leucippus → |
| keyConcept |
classification of desires
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tetrapharmakos → |
| metaphysicalView |
atomism
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materialism → |
| misinterpretedAs | crude sensual hedonism → |
| originatedIn |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| primaryText |
Letter to Menoeceus
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De rerum natura →
surface form:
On the Nature of Things
Principal Doctrines → Vatican Sayings → |
| primaryTextAuthor |
Epicurus
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Lucretius → |
| teaches |
avoidance of unnecessary desires
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friendship as a key to happiness → pursuit of modest and sustainable pleasures → rational understanding of nature → simple living → |
Referenced by (12)
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Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Epicureanism
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Epicureans
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Epicurean physics