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Epicureanism is a school of philosophy founded upon the teachings of its founder [[Epicurus]].
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Epicureanism is a school of philosophy founded upon the teachings of its founder [[Epicurus]]
 
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It was known, to Rome, from the mid 2nd Century B.C. as a philosophical school and a way of life. It was immenesely popular in Italy during the 1st Century B.C. but by the 2nd  Century A.D Stoicism was paramount.  
The main tenets of Epicureanism are:
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:pleasure was the ''τελος'' of epicureanism
principally the tetrapharmakos:
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:this was achieved by rational calculus συμμετρησις, a selection (αιρεσις) an aversions (φυγη)are to be evaluated by the pleasure it gives (129),<ref>Roskam, Geert Live unnoticed Λαθε Βιωσασ On the Vicissitudes of an Epicurean Doctrine (9004161716)</ref>
:the gods are not to be feared, they are immortal and do not interfer with mankind.
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:ataraxia αταραζια
:Death is not to be feared as the body breaks down into atoms. Once we are dead we will not know it
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:live unobtrusively λαθε βιωσας
:pleasure is the absence of pain
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:bodily pain does not last for long
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:ataraxia
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:live unobtrusively
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* [[Titus Lucretius Carus]]
 
* [[Titus Lucretius Carus]]
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Greek teachers in Italy:
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:Philodemus
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:Siro
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:M. Pompilius Andronicus
  
 
Epicurean vocabulary:
 
Epicurean vocabulary:
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:quies
 
:quies
 
:voluptas
 
:voluptas
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==References==
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p.35-39
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

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Epicureanism is a school of philosophy founded upon the teachings of its founder Epicurus It was known, to Rome, from the mid 2nd Century B.C. as a philosophical school and a way of life. It was immenesely popular in Italy during the 1st Century B.C. but by the 2nd Century A.D Stoicism was paramount.

pleasure was the τελος of epicureanism
this was achieved by rational calculus συμμετρησις, a selection (αιρεσις) an aversions (φυγη)are to be evaluated by the pleasure it gives (129),[1]

ataraxia αταραζια
live unobtrusively λαθε βιωσας


Prominent Roman Epicureans:

Greek teachers in Italy:

Philodemus
Siro
M. Pompilius Andronicus

Epicurean vocabulary:

hortulus
contubernium
contubernales
quies
voluptas

References

  1. Roskam, Geert Live unnoticed Λαθε Βιωσασ On the Vicissitudes of an Epicurean Doctrine (9004161716)

p.35-39

External links

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