Letters and Sayings of Epicurus (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) [EPUB ebook] 

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Throughout the ages Epicurus has been both idealized and anathematized. As an atheist materialist philosopher he was an offense to religious thinkers. Many of his influential admirers, like Thomas Hobbes and Thomas Jefferson, had to keep their Epicurean leanings a secret. On the other hand, the philosopher-physicist Isaac Newton was candid enough to assert openly that he was reviving the tenets of the Epicurean philosophy when he embarked on his world-transforming project. Epicurus significance transcends even his astounding historical influence because the subjects he reflected on – the purpose of life, the nature of reality, natural phenomena, and death – are of enduring significance.

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Epicurus was born, probably in Athens, in 341 BCE, when the city was a pale reflection of its resplendent past. Epicurus parents, Neocles and Chaerestrata, were impecunious Athenians who joined a mission of economically driven colonists. Epicurus grew up on the island of Samos and studied with Platonist Pamphilus. In 311, Epicurus moved to Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, where he opened a school of philosophic teaching. In 306, he moved to Athens with a few of his pupils. Epicurus died in 271.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 128 ● ISBN 9781411429413 ● Dateigröße 0.5 MB ● Alter 99-17 Jahre ● Verlag Barnes & Noble ● Erscheinungsjahr 2009 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5862186 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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