Epicurus the Sage

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Messner-Loebs
gptkbp:advocates_for aponia
ataraxia
gptkbp:birth_date 341 BC
gptkbp:born gptkb:Samos
gptkbp:cause_of_death the end of consciousness
gptkbp:contributed_to ethics
metaphysics
epistemology
gptkbp:death_date 270 BC
gptkbp:established gptkb:The_Garden
gptkbp:founded Epicureanism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Epicurus the Sage
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Stoicism
Roman philosophy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Democritus
gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Socrates
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:Hellenistic_period
gptkbp:is_considered one of the founders of Western philosophy
gptkbp:is_known_for philosophical writings
his writings on ethics
critique of superstition
his teachings on happiness
emphasis on friendship
advocating simple pleasures
his concept of the ' Garden'
his views on the gods
gptkbp:is_worshipped_by indifferent to human affairs
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:Hermarchus
gptkb:Metrodorus_of_Lampsacus
gptkb:Epicurean_school
happiness
fear of death
Colotes of Lampsacus
nature of pain
nature of pleasure
gptkbp:religion materialism
atomism
gptkbp:training pleasure as the highest good
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Letter_to_Menoeceus
Principal Doctrines
Vatican Sayings
Letter to Herodotus