The rabbis thought that Epicurus denied the existence of God and was a hedonist who stressed that people should pursue happiness. According to the Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin chapter 10, ...

Rooted in the philosophy of Epicurus, who saw happiness as the highest good, ... Nature’s God The Heretical Origins of the American Republic. Matthew Stewart W.W. Norton: 566 pp., $28.95.

A paradox is an argument that produces an inconsistency, typically within logic or common sense.

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 ...

Epicurus wrote a short piece describing how to attain happiness; he called it Tetrapharmakos, which means the "Four Part Cure." Epicurus wrote: Don't fear god.

Epicurus (341-270 BCE) is usually cited as the first author to articulate this tension. Following Epicurus, ... God either wants to eliminate bad things and cannot, ...

This page provides a brief overview of the thoughts of ancient philospohers Epicurus and Lucretius on the nature of God. Most histories of atheism choose the Greek and Roman philosophers Epicurus ...

Terry Klumpp shows us that Epicurus had an understanding of God that was well ahead of his time (Letters, 3 February). She or He can be seen to be both able and unable, ...

The Greek philosopher Epicurus (342-271 BCE) claimed that the existence of evil proved there is no God. He claimed that if God cannot stop evil then he is not all-powerful (omnipotent).