TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lillegard, Norman,
TI  - On Epicurus
SN  - 534174655
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - Thompson Learning
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-91)
N2  - Developed an unsparingly materialistic metaphysics , empiricist epistemology, and hedonistic ethics. Taught that the basic constituents of the world are atoms, uncuttable bits of matter, flying through empty space, and tried to explain all natural phenomena in atomic terms. Rejected the existence of Platonic forms and an immaterial soul, and he said that the gods have no influence on our lives. He also taught skepticism was untenable , and that man could gain knowledge of the world  relying upon the senses. He taught that the point of all one's actions was to attain pleasure for oneself, and that this could be done by limiting one's desires and by banishing the fear of the gods and of death
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