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Epicurus
Books by Epicurus
Essential Epicurus
Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments
By Epicurus
Translated by Eugene M. O'Connor
Epicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the striving after an independent state of mind and body, imperturbability, and reliance on sensory data as the true basis of knowledge.Epicurus (ca. 341-271 B.C.) founded ...