Philosophy+of+Epicurus
31Atomic philosophy — Atomic A*tom ic, Atomical A*tom ic*al, a. [Cf. F. atomique.] 1. Of or pertaining to atoms. [1913 Webster] 2. Extremely minute; tiny. [1913 Webster] {Atomic bomb}, see {atom bomb} in the vocabulary. {Atomic philosophy}, or {Doctrine of atoms}, a… …
32Epicurean philosophy — Epicurean Ep i*cu*re an (?; 277), a. [L. Epicureus, Gr. ?: cf. [ e]picurien.] 1. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. The sect Epicurean. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious;… …
33Quietism (Christian philosophy) — Quietism is a Christian philosophy that swept through France, Italy and Spain during the 17th century, but it had much earlier origins. The mystics known as Quietists insist with more or less emphasis on intellectual stillness and interior… …
34List of topics in ancient philosophy — * Abderites * Academy * Acumenus * Aenesidemus * Aeschines Socraticus * Aetius (philosopher) * Albinus (philosopher) * Alcmaeon of Croton * Alexander of Aphrodisias * Allegory of the cave * Analogy of the divided line * Anaxagoras * Anaximenes of …
35Lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus, 99/94–55/51 BC) Roman Epicurean . Very little is known about the life of Lucretius. His only surviving work is the philosophical poem De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things ), expounding the atomistic philosophy of… …
36Epicureanism — In common usage, a way of life based on sensual enjoyment. However, this is not the recommendation of Epicurus, who advocated the pursuit only of pleasures that can be controlled and enjoyed in moderation: pleasures of friendship, peace, and… …
37Gassendi, Pierre — (1592–1655) French philosopher and mathematician. Born in Provence and educated as a priest, Gassendi taught at Digne and at Aix before being appointed to the chair of mathematics at the Royal College of France in Paris in 1645. His earliest work …
38Cicero, Marcus Tullius — (106–43 BC) The Roman orator and statesman is philosophically important partly as a transmitter of Greek ideas in Latin, but also for the unity of philosophy and rhetoric that he sought to promote. Rhetoric enables the statesman, educated to… …
39Cyrenaics — The school of hedonistic philosophy founded by Aristippus of Cyrene, and flourishing at the end of the 4th century BC. The central doctrine was that the goal or end of action must be the particular pleasure of the moment, the ‘strong sensations’… …
40time — The nature of time has been one of the major problems of philosophy since antiquity. Is time well thought of as flowing? If so, does it flow from future to past with us stuck like boats in the middle of the river, or does it flow from past to… …
