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Aestimatio, 2015 The term “Epicureanism” means the philosophy of Epicurus (b. Samos c. 342–341 bce, d. Athens c. 271–270 bce) and the school founded by him. Epicurus was one of the most famous Greek philosophers of the Hellenistic period (which traditionally dates from the death of Alexander the Great [323 bce] to the Battle of Actium [31 bce]) and its influence on the
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Epicureanism and euthanasia. [PDF]
Theor Med BioethAbstractIf Epicurean arguments for the harmlessness of death are successful, then they also successfully undermine a common justification for physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, and the termination of hopeless pregnancies that I call the ‘Mercy Intuition', according to which, by ending the life of a suffering loved one for whom there is little to ...
Skrzypek JW.
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MRI-based Brain Healthcare Quotients: A bridge between neural and behavioral analyses for keeping the brain healthy. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 Neurological and psychiatric disorders are a burden on social and economic resources. Therefore, maintaining brain health and preventing these disorders are important.
Nemoto K, Oka H, Fukuda H, Yamakawa Y.
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George Santayana and emotional distance in philosophy and politics [PDF]
Revista de Filosofia, 2015 George Santayana (1863-1952) appears emotionally distant and personally uncommitted in many of his writings. In what may have been a related phenomenon, he does not seem to have committed to any school of philosophy, but rather to draw from many of the ...
John Christian Laursen +1 more
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Epikureanisme dan Stoikisme: Etika Helenistik untuk Seni Hidup Modern
Media, 2023 This writing aims to observe the inheritance of Hellenistic Ethics for Modern Ethics. Through literature research, Epicureanism and Stoicism, two major contradicted Hellenistic movements, are used to look for how modern people get happiness. Epicureanism
Michael Carlos Kodoati
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Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law, 2022 More and more times, the failure of the predictions did not consist in their insufficiently developed techniques. On the contrary, the more these techniques have evolved, the more the reflection of reality and human aspirations have ...
Fanel Stroe
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Du rien-pour-nous que la mort: Derrida Épicure
Síntesis. Revista de Filosofía, 2021 Derrida's Seminar “Life Death” operates, as if in advance motivated by its aftermath and as if countersigned by this name that does not appear—the name of Epicurus—a turn towards a non-productive, non-representational materialism, deprived in some way of
Jacques Lezra
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Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021 The article is devoted to the study of the views of the representatives of the Italian Renaissance: G. Cavalcanti, F. Petrarch, L. Bruni, F. Biondo, A. Beccadelli, L. Valla, C. Raimondi, and J. Vanini.
I. A. Anuprienko
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Sens et fonction de la théologie épicurienne d’après le De rerum natura
Aitia, 2020 The scope of this paper is to provide an analysis of the Epicurean theology in Lucretius’ poem. The epicurean discourse on gods seems to have three functions: therapeutical, theorical and ethical. After a description of those three functions, I challenge
Stéphane Marchand
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the criterion of truth in Epicureanism and Carvaka philosophy [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2020 The main challenge of present paper is analytical comparing the “Criterion of Valid Cognition” from viewpoints of Epicureanism and Charvaka (Lokayata) philosophy, the largest exponent of Indian materialism,. The new findings of the research show that the
Sajjad Dehghanzadeh +2 more
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