Epicurean Philosophers

by John Charles Addison Gaskin

Book Overview

Epicureanism theorizes an infinite universe of moving particles, with no divine purpose and no life after death. Happiness depends on simple needs satisfied to provide tranquility of mind. This volume... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0460876074
• ISBN13: 9780460876070
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

This one has everything the beginning epicurean could want

Contains all of the primary epicurean texts plus the complete De Rerum Natura by Lucretius. The introduction is one of the best I have ever read. A bargain.