Epicureanism

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Hellenistic philosophy ancient Greek philosophy ethical theory philosophical school

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.

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Epicureanism canonical 39
Epicurean ethics 1
Epicurean physics 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
ethical theory ⓘ
philosophical school ⓘ
aimsAt absence of bodily pain ⓘ
freedom from fear ⓘ
tranquility of mind ⓘ
centerOfActivity Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ
surface form: Garden of Epicurus
contrastsWith Aristotelianism ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
coreValue aponia ⓘ
ataraxia ⓘ
pleasure as the highest good ⓘ
distinguishes natural and necessary desires ⓘ
natural but unnecessary desires ⓘ
vain and empty desires ⓘ
emergedInCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
epistemologicalView empiricism ⓘ
ethicalFocus consequentialism ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
foundedBy Epicurus ⓘ
headquartersLocation Athens ⓘ
holdsView death is the end of sensation ⓘ
fear of death is irrational ⓘ
gods do not intervene in human affairs ⓘ
the soul is mortal ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment thought ⓘ
Lucretius ⓘ
Roman philosophy ⓘ
modern secular ethics ⓘ
influencedBy Democritus ⓘ
Leucippus ⓘ
keyConcept classification of desires ⓘ
tetrapharmakos ⓘ
metaphysicalView atomism ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
misinterpretedAs crude sensual hedonism ⓘ
originatedIn Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
primaryText Letter to Menoeceus ⓘ
De rerum natura ⓘ
surface form: On the Nature of Things

Principal Doctrines ⓘ
Vatican Sayings ⓘ
primaryTextAuthor Epicurus ⓘ
Lucretius ⓘ
teaches avoidance of unnecessary desires ⓘ
friendship as a key to happiness ⓘ
pursuit of modest and sustainable pleasures ⓘ
rational understanding of nature ⓘ
simple living ⓘ

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Western philosophy → includesMovement → Epicureanism ⓘ
Lucretius → movement → Epicureanism ⓘ
Lucretius → philosophicalSchool → Epicureanism ⓘ
Lucretius → workSubject → Epicureanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Epicurean physics
Cicero → influencedBy → Epicureanism ⓘ
Hellenistic religion → interpretedBy → Epicureanism ⓘ
Hellenistic period → associatedWith → Epicureanism ⓘ
Epicurus → founded → Epicureanism ⓘ
Epicurus → schoolOrTradition → Epicureanism ⓘ
Lampsacus → associatedWithPhilosophicalSchool → Epicureanism ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → philosophicalSchoolsCovered → Epicureanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Epicureans
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De voluptate → influencedBy → Epicureanism ⓘ
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam → associatedPhilosophy → Epicureanism ⓘ
De rerum natura → philosophicalSchool → Epicureanism ⓘ
De finibus bonorum et malorum → philosophicalSchoolDiscussed → Epicureanism ⓘ
De natura deorum → philosophicalSchoolDiscussed → Epicureanism ⓘ
De natura deorum → philosophicalPositionRepresented → Epicureanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Epicurean theology
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Book 8 → philosophicalTraditionDiscussed → Epicureanism ⓘ
subject surface form: Book 8 (The City of God)
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Marius the Epicurean → philosophicalInfluence → Epicureanism ⓘ
Satires → philosophicalInfluence → Epicureanism ⓘ
Epistles → philosophicalInfluence → Epicureanism ⓘ
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The Garden → influenced → Epicureanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Epicureanism
Epicurus' Garden in Athens → philosophicalTradition → Epicureanism ⓘ
Philodemus → philosophicalSchool → Epicureanism ⓘ
Philodemus → movement → Epicureanism ⓘ
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Letter to Herodotus → philosophicalSchool → Epicureanism ⓘ
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Vatican Sayings → philosophicalSchool → Epicureanism ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Epicurean ethics
Atomism → influenced → Epicureanism ⓘ