The Epicureans differ. They discourage starting a family and engaging in politics, and they deny that justice exists by nature. It would be a mistake, however, to infer that Epicureanism is apolitical ...

Descriptions of Epicureanism in Rome often end with Lucretius in the first century BC. No innovations are expected of Epicureanism under the Principate and, in fact, anyone expecting to widen our ...

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Another shows her wearing armor, taking off a mask, in a painting called “Between Epicureanism and Stoicism.” The woman is wearing medieval-style armor, calling to mind old masters.

Yep, it's all about the pleasures of life, or what's known as Epicureanism. Namely, for this section at least, the pleasures of stuffing your face.

In a time when food and diet are compassed about with puritanical diktats, Hopkinson’s joyous epicureanism is more appealing ...