A lot of what we know about Epicurean philosophy comes from the Villa of the Papyri, a:

This philosopher wrote that “in reality, there are atoms and void.”

Anaximenes, who lived some time between about 625 and 525, proposed a theory that was later influential to atomism. This theory was that:

The apocryphal Wisdom of Solomon describes Epicureans as:

Lucretius imagines _________ “march[ing]. . .Beyond the flaming ramparts of the world” for the sake of enlightening mankind.

In Epicurean theory, “kinetic” pleasures are:

One modern criticism of Epicureanism we discussed in this episode is that:

In Epicurean theory, “katastematic” pleasures are:

Aristotle took issue with the fact that Democritus:

In On The Nature of Things, in order to offer evidence for the dangerousness and falseness of religion, Lucretius recounts the story of:

A central goal of the practicing Epicurean was a condition called ataraxia, which is often translated as:

Lucretius imagines water evaporating from clothing, rings wearing thin on fingers and bronze statues worn down by human touch in order to illustrate:

Parmenides, a Magna Graecian from the city of Elea, active around the beginning of the 400s BCE, proposed that:

Scholar Stephen Greenblatt found Lucretius’ greatest appeal was that On the Nature of Things teaches its reader:

The Epicurean “swerve,” the philosopher’s theory for the cause of atomic collision, was what?