Associations to the word «Epicurus»

Wiktionary

EPICURUS, proper noun. An ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the movement commonly known as Epicureanism.

Dictionary definition

EPICURUS, noun. Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope