Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BC), who flourished not long after Aristotle died, founded a school of philosophy that convened at his home and garden in Athens. Called 'the Garden', this school ...

The charcoal-like lumps of papyrus could reveal the lost works of the Greek philosopher Epicurus—if people could figure out how to read them. Despite, or because of, their violent end ...

If you peruse the philosophy section of your local bookshop, you’ll probably find a number of books on Stoicism – an ancient philosophy enjoying a renaissance today. But where are the Epicureans?

Wiker opens the book with an illuminating discussion of Epicurus’s philosophy in ancient Greece. Epicurus constructed his philosophy to eliminate the widespread human fears of divine ...

A poster that was presented in the Ninth University Research Day at the Catholic University of America in 2024. In his Letter to Herodotus, Epicurus promises to provide a study of natural science ...

Epicurus thought that friendship was essential to human happiness. So essential, in fact, that he did something that by modern standards would be considered a backwards step. In 306 BC ...