Epicurean+philosophy
91Ep|i|cu|re|an — «EHP uh kyu REE uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or like an epicure; fond of pleasure and luxury: »epicurean tastes. 2. fit for an epicure: »an epicurean banquet. –n. a person who is fond of pleasure and luxury; epicure. SYNONYM(S): sybarite.… …
92ep|i|cu|re|an — «EHP uh kyu REE uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or like an epicure; fond of pleasure and luxury: »epicurean tastes. 2. fit for an epicure: »an epicurean banquet. –n. a person who is fond of pleasure and luxury; epicure. SYNONYM(S): sybarite.… …
93EPICUREANISM — EPICUREANISM, a philosophy of adjustment to the social changes after alexander the great (336–323), founded by Epicurus, 342/1–270 B.C.E., the most revered and the most reviled of all founders of thought in the Greco Roman world (De Witt). Recent …
94Nicholas Hill (scientist) — Nicholas Hill (1570 1610?) was an English natural philosopher, considered a disciple of Giordano Bruno. He is known for his 1601 book Philosophia epicurea. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 Notes …
95The Last Puritan — The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel was written by the American philosopher George Santayana. The novel is set largely in the fictional town of Great Falls, Connecticut; Boston; and England, in and around Oxford. It relates the life …
96Celsus — (Greek: polytonic|Κέλσος ) was a 2nd century Greek philosopher and opponent of Christianity. He is known to us mainly through the reputation of his literary work, The True Word (Account, Doctrine or Discourse) (polytonic|Λόγος AληΘής), almost… …
97De Natura Deorum — (On the Nature of the Gods) is a philosophical dialogue by Roman orator Cicero written in 45 BC. It is laid out in three books , each of which discuss the theology of different Roman and Greek philosophers. The dialogue uses a discussion of Stoic …
98Dionysius of Lamptrai — Dionysius (3rd century BCE) of Lamptrai was an Epicurean philosopher, who succeeded Polystratus as the head (scholarch) of the Epicurean school at Athens c. 219 BC. He died c. 205 BC and was succeeded by Basilides.[1][2] Notes ^ Diogenes Laërtius …
99ЭПИКУР — ЭПИКУР (Επίκουρος) (342/341, о. Самос 271/270 до н. э. Афины), др. греч. философ, создатель философской школы, получившей название Сад Эпикура (см. эпикуреизм). Жизнь. Родился на о. Самос в семье афинянина, в 14 лет стал изучать философию …
100Duty — • The definition of the term duty given by lexicographers is: something that is due , obligatory service ; something that one is bound to perform or to avoid Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Duty Duty …
