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Epicurean Tradition (Paperback, New Ed)
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Epicurean Tradition (Paperback, New Ed)
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Epicureanism has had a long and complex history. Established in
Greece in the fourth century BC in response to the peculiar needs
of a new age, it gained an immediate and widespread following
throughout the Mediterranean world, and in Roman times competed on
equal terms with Stoicism for the allegiance of the citizens of the
empire. It was singled out by the early Church as a dangerous enemy
of the faith, and the philosophy of the Garden became the target of
a bitter campaign of denunciation and distortion; it was a
one-dimensional Epicurus - the champion of earthly delights - who
kept the name of the School alive throughout the Middle Ages.
Coinciding with a renewed interest in the antique world, an
Epicureanism truer to its classical parent re-emerged to add an
important dimension to Renaissance philosophical debate, and in the
16th and 17th centuries, Epicurean theory contributed significantly
to the growth of the new science of physics. Howard Jones' book,
which is divided equally between the classical and post-classical
eras, documents the story as it unfolds. This book should be of
interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics of
classics, medieval philosophy, histo
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