Posted by gfsdgdf on May 02, 19102 at 11:05:08:
In Reply to: epicureanism posted by Euphorion on July 02, 19101 at 01:05:21:
: Epicureanism, system of philosophy based chiefly on the teachings of Greek philosopher Epicurus. The essential doctrine is that pleasure is the supreme good and main goal of life. Intellectual pleasures are preferred to sensual ones, which tend to disturb peace of mind.
: Epicurus regarded the universe as infinite and eternal and as consisting only of bodies and space. Of the bodies, some are compound and some are indivisible atoms from which the compounds are formed. In biology, Epicurus anticipated the concept of natural selection, contending that natural forces give rise to organisms of different types and that only the types able to support and propagate themselves survive. Epicurean psychology is thoroughly materialistic. All sensations are believed to be absolutely reliable; error arises only when sensation is improperly interpreted. No afterlife is possible because the soul is regarded by Epicurus as being composed of fine particles distributed throughout the body. These dissolve along with the body at death. Epicureanism was brought into discredit largely because of a confusion between its tenets and the sensual hedonism advanced by the Cyrenaics. As an organized school, Epicureanism went out of existence early in the 4th century AD.
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