Epicurus
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Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded Epicureanism, a school of thought that taught that the highest good is the pursuit of modest pleasures, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Epicurus canonical | 42 |
| Epicurus (according to ancient reports) | 1 |
| letters of Epicurus | 1 |
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Target entity: Epicurus Context triple: [Greek Antiquity, hasNotablePhilosopher, Epicurus]
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Apollo Epicurius
Apollo Epicurius is an epithet of the Greek god Apollo venerated as a healer and helper, particularly associated with the sanctuary at Bassae in Arcadia.
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Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Citium was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school, emphasizing virtue, reason, and living in accordance with nature.
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Panaetius of Rhodes
Panaetius of Rhodes was a 2nd-century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher who led the Stoic school in Athens and significantly reshaped Stoicism by integrating it with Platonic and Aristotelian ideas.
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Chrysippus of Soli
Chrysippus of Soli was a foundational Greek Stoic philosopher whose prolific writings and systematic thought shaped Stoicism into a major Hellenistic school.
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Epictetus
Epictetus was a Greek-born Stoic philosopher and former slave whose teachings on inner freedom, virtue, and rational self-mastery profoundly shaped later Stoic thought and Western philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Epicurus Target entity description: Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded Epicureanism, a school of thought that taught that the highest good is the pursuit of modest pleasures, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
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Apollo Epicurius
Apollo Epicurius is an epithet of the Greek god Apollo venerated as a healer and helper, particularly associated with the sanctuary at Bassae in Arcadia.
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B.
Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Citium was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school, emphasizing virtue, reason, and living in accordance with nature.
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C.
Panaetius of Rhodes
Panaetius of Rhodes was a 2nd-century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher who led the Stoic school in Athens and significantly reshaped Stoicism by integrating it with Platonic and Aristotelian ideas.
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Chrysippus of Soli
Chrysippus of Soli was a foundational Greek Stoic philosopher whose prolific writings and systematic thought shaped Stoicism into a major Hellenistic school.
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E.
Epictetus
Epictetus was a Greek-born Stoic philosopher and former slave whose teachings on inner freedom, virtue, and rational self-mastery profoundly shaped later Stoic thought and Western philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic philosopher
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ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ founder of a philosophical school ⓘ |
| birthDate | 341 BC ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Samos ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| deathDate | 270 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Athens ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| founded |
Epicureanism
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Epicurus' Garden in Athens ⓘ The Garden ⓘ |
| influenced |
Horace
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Karl Marx ⓘ Lucretius ⓘ Philodemus ⓘ Pierre Gassendi ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristippus
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surface form:
Aristippus of Cyrene
Democritus ⓘ Pyrrho ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of nature ⓘ |
| name | Epicurus self-link ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
absence of pain as the greatest pleasure
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aponia ⓘ ataraxia ⓘ atomism ⓘ classification of desires into natural and necessary, natural but not necessary, and vain ⓘ death is nothing to us ⓘ gods are indifferent to human affairs ⓘ hedonism as pursuit of modest pleasures ⓘ materialism ⓘ pleasure as the highest good ⓘ the swerve of atoms (clinamen) ⓘ the tetrapharmakos (fourfold remedy) ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchoolLocation |
Epicurus' Garden in Athens
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surface form:
Garden of Epicurus in Athens
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| residence | Athens ⓘ |
| schoolOrTradition | Epicureanism ⓘ |
| taught |
avoidance of political life
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friendship as a key to happiness ⓘ knowledge based on sense perception ⓘ philosophy as a way of life ⓘ the goal of life is tranquility and freedom from fear ⓘ the universe is infinite and eternal ⓘ there is no afterlife of personal consciousness ⓘ |
| viewOnFear | philosophy should free humans from fear of gods and death ⓘ |
| viewOnGods | gods exist but do not intervene in the world ⓘ |
| wrote |
Letter to Herodotus
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Letter to Menoeceus ⓘ Letter to Herodotus ⓘ
surface form:
Letter to Pythocles
On Nature ⓘ Principal Doctrines ⓘ Vatican Sayings ⓘ |
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Referenced by (44)
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