Epicurean philosophy

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:category gptkb:Ethics
gptkb:Metaphysics
gptkb:Epistemology
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:The_Garden_(Athens)
gptkbp:declinedAfter rise of Christianity
gptkbp:emphasizes materialism
atomism
gptkbp:focus pleasure
absence of pain
aponia
ataraxia
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Epicurus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Epicurean philosophy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Horace
gptkb:Lucretius
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Philodemus
gptkbp:influencedBy Democritus
gptkbp:key gptkb:Letter_to_Menoeceus
gptkb:Principal_Doctrines
gptkb:On_the_Nature_of_Things
gptkb:Vatican_Sayings
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Lucretius
gptkb:Hermarchus
gptkb:Metrodorus_of_Lampsacus
gptkb:Philodemus
gptkb:Titus_Carus_Lucretius
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Platonism
gptkb:Stoicism
gptkbp:originatedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Renaissance
gptkbp:school Hellenistic philosophy
gptkbp:teaches self-sufficiency
all things are composed of atoms and void
avoidance of pain
death is the end of sensation
fear of gods and death is irrational
friendship as a source of happiness
gods are not concerned with human affairs
living unnoticed (lathe biosas)
natural and necessary desires
natural but unnecessary desires
pursuit of simple pleasures
science as a means to dispel superstition
the soul is mortal
the universe is infinite
vain desires
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lucretius
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4