Epicurus, Greek philosopher, 341-270 B.C. He founded a popular school of philosophy known as Epicureanism, which, incidentally, admitted women to the dismay and titillation of the scholarly world of the time. Epicureanism held that pleasure was the chief human good. Epicurus himself held that the highest pleasure consisted of moderate living, kindly behavior, and overcoming the fear of death. Later corrupted the idea, in the name of their philosophy, and that is how Epicureanism got its reputation of being overly self-indulgent. Epicureanism, as an established and practiced philosophy, disappeared with the rise of Christianity.

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Epicurus, Greek philosopher, 341-270 B.C. He founded a popular school of philosophy known as Epicureanism, which, incidentally, admitted women to the dismay and titillation of the scholarly world of the time. Epicureanism held that pleasure was the chief human good. Epicurus himself held that the highest pleasure consisted of moderate living, kindly behavior, and overcoming the fear of death. Later corrupted the idea, in the name of their philosophy, and that is how Epicureanism got its reputation of being overly self-indulgent. Epicureanism, as an established and practiced philosophy, disappeared with the rise of Christianity.

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Epicurus, Greek philosopher, 341-270 B.C. He founded a popular school of philosophy known as Epicureanism, which, incidentally, admitted women to the dismay and titillation of the scholarly world of the time. Epicureanism held that pleasure was the chief human good. Epicurus himself held that the highest pleasure consisted of moderate living, kindly behavior, and overcoming the fear of death. Later corrupted the idea, in the name of their philosophy, and that is how Epicureanism got its reputation of being overly self-indulgent. Epicureanism, as an established and practiced philosophy, disappeared with the rise of Christianity.

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