Epicurus

Tags: Philosopher.

Epicurus (/ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs/ or /ˌɛpɪˈkjɔːrəs/; Greek: Ἐπίκουρος Epíkouros ally comrade; 341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher as well as the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments and letters of Epicurus’s 300 written works remain.

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birth date

-341-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

birth place

Samos

death date

-270-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

death place

Athens, Classical Athens

era

Ancient philosophy

influenced

David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hadrian, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Jefferson, Philodemus, Jeremy Bentham, Lucretius, Michel Foucault, Hermarchus, Han Ryner, Pierre Gassendi, Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger), Michel Onfray, Amafinius, Catius

influenced by

Democritus, Pyrrho

main interest

Materialism, Atomism

philosophicalSchool

Epicureanism