On the Divine. Epicurus wrote prolifically, but the early Christians thought of him as especially ungodly among the ancient philosophers, and almost none of his works survived their disapprobation.

As I coast into old age, no philosopher speaks more meaningfully to me than that ancient Greek, Epicurus. For starters, there is his delicious dictum: “It is not the young man who should be ...

But I side with Epicurus, the 3rd century BCE founder of the Ancient Greek sect, who stated: “[I] do not even know what I should conceive the good to be, if I eliminate the pleasures of taste, and ...

Buy Side from WSJ ; The Wall Street Journal. English Edition. Edition. ... Since no one will ever encounter his own demise, Epicurus concluded, it should cause him no concern.

Somewhere along the way history molded the meaning of Epicurean to connote indulgent tastes and extravagant living—not what Epicurus had in mind in 3rd century B.C.E. “The problem these days is that ...

John J. Miller is joined by Spencer Klavan to discuss the letters of Epicurus. John J. Miller brings The Great Books podcast to a close. John J. Miller is joined by Peter Meilaender of Houghton ...

Epicurus constructed his philosophy to eliminate the widespread human fears of divine intervention and punishment in the afterlife, which, he believed, caused unnecessary disturbance in people’s ...

Buy Side from WSJ ; The Wall Street Journal. English Edition. Edition. ... Critiques of philosophy's obscurity, though as old as Epicurus, have become especially pitched of late.