Encyclopedia of Classical PhilosophyDonald J. Zeyl, Daniel Devereux, Phillip Mitsis The only encyclopedia in English specific to the field of Classical Philosophy, this work presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity. The articles present not only succinct historical accounts of their subject matter, but they introduce readers to issues of interpretation and debate in the contemporary scholarly study of the philosophy of the Classical period. Scholars, students, and interested lay persons will find this volume useful in gaining a comprehensive view of the field. The contributors, representing three continents, are themselves leading scholars of international stature. |
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... Epicurus had many adherents throughout the Mediterranean world and although the Garden ( the original headquar- ters of Epicureanism ) remained active for several hundred years , Epi- cureanism seems never to have enjoyed complete ...
... Epicurus had already attracted students in Mytilene and Lampsacus before founding the Garden at Athens ( c . 307 B.C.E. ) ; and several of these early disciples ( including Colotes , Leontius , * Metrodorus [ of Lampsacus ] , Pythocles ...
... Epicurus argued , then bodies would not be able to move . But they are observed to move , hence there is void . It is a vexed problem of Epicurean epistemology how the absence of counterevidence can confirm a hypothesis . Epicurus ...
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