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Polemika przeciwko polemice. Plutarcha krytyka epikureizmu [PDF]
Argument, 2017 Polemic against polemics. Plutarch’s attacks on Epicureanism Plutarch’s attitude toward Epicurean philosophy is extremely hostile. According to him, at the core of Epicureanism is subversiveness, an attempt to attack the most fundamental components of ...
Krzysztof ŁAPIŃSKI
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Why Death Is Most in One's Self-Interest, and Necessarily So. [PDF]
BioethicsABSTRACT Most of us think that death is usually not in the self‐interest of the one who dies. Let us momentarily put this belief aside and examine death in a new light. This paper presents a two‐step argument to show why death is most in one's self‐interest, necessarily.
Kriska V.
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The Epicureanism of Lucretius [PDF]
, 2022 What is distinctive about Lucretius’s version of Epicureanism? The answer might appear to be “nothing,” for two reasons. First, Epicureanism in general is doctrinally conservative, with followers of Epicurus claiming to follow his authority.
O'Keefe, Tim
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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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The Classical Quarterly, 2017 InFam.13.1 Cicero, visiting Athens en route to Cilicia in the summer of 51b.c., writes to C. Memmius L.f., praetor in 58 but by the time of Cicero's communication an exile in Athens after the shambolic consular elections for 53; Memmius was (temporarily, one assumes) absent from Athens in Mytilene, hence the need for Cicero to write to him. This letter,
Morgan, L, Taylor, B
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Cogenza e contemporaneità dell’etica epicurea a partire da una recente raccolta di studi
Lexicon Philosophicum, 2020 The following critical note aims at highlighting the liveliness and depth of three crucial thesis of Epicurean Ethics, by drawing on a recent publication, edited by Enrico Piergiacomi, of a selection of essays by Phillip Mitsis, A. S.
Chiara Rover
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Etudes Epistémè, 2008 In a pioneering study of 1934 Thomas Franklin Mayo was among the first to suggest the idea of an Epicurean « Renaissance » in England from the year 1650 onwards.
Line Cottegnies
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Epicureanism: The Pursuit of Eudemonia [PDF]
, 2015 Since ancient times, the study of eudemonia has been paramount in the discipline of philosophy. Various schools of thought have developed ideas and theories that discuss the nature of this happiness and methods of attaining it. A famous school of thought,
Kassis, Annetta
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, 2022 This chapter claims that Atticus offers a fruitful case study of Epicureanism in the late Republic and can thereby contribute to broader questions of philosophical allegiance in the ancient world. There has, of course, been valuable discussion of philosophical allegiance in recent years. A reconsideration of Atticus’ Epicureanism will fruitfully extend
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, 2016 Over the course of the last ten years of his life, Cicero devoted much effort to exploring and evaluating the three major philosophical schools prevalent at Rome: Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Skepticism.
Williams, Ryan
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