Epicurism

  • 21epicureanism — noun Date: circa 1751 1. capitalized a. the philosophy of Epicurus who subscribed to a hedonistic ethics that considered an imperturbable emotional calm the highest good and whose followers held intellectual pleasures superior to transient… …

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  • 22Christopher Marlowe — This article is about the English dramatist. For the American sportscaster, see Chris Marlowe. Christopher Marlowe …

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  • 23Deptford — For other uses, see Deptford (disambiguation). Coordinates: 51°28′41″N 0°01′35″W / 51.4780°N 0.0265°W / 51.4780; 0.0265 …

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  • 24Umm Kulthum — This article is about Egyptian singer. For other uses, see Umm Kulthum (name). Oum Kalthoum Background information Birth name Umm Kulthum Ebrahim Elbeltagi …

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  • 25ЭПИКУРЕИЗМ — (от имени др. греч. философа материалиста Эпикура) англ. Epicureanism/Epicurism; нем. Epikurismus. epicureisme; 1. Направление в древнегреческой и римской философии, объяснявшее мир на основе атомистического учения, отстаивавшее достоверность… …

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  • 26Epicureanism — /ep i kyoo ree euh niz euhm, kyoor ee /, n. 1. the philosophical system or doctrine of Epicurus, holding that the external world is a series of fortuitous combinations of atoms and that the highest good is pleasure, interpreted as freedom from… …

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  • 27Ecclesiastes — • The name given to the book of Holy Scripture which usually follows the Proverbs; the Hebrew Qoheleth probably has the same meaning Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastes     Ecclesiastes …

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  • 28Jean-Baptiste Greuze —     Jean Baptiste Greuze     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jean Baptiste Greuze     French painter, b. at Tournus in Ardeche, 21 August, 1725; d. at Paris, 21 March, 1805. His father, a master tiler, wished to make him an architect, but ended by… …

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  • 29gourmandism — noun a) A passion for and deep interest in good food. When gourmandism turns into gluttony, voracity, or perversion, it loses its name, its attributes, and all of its meaning, and becomes fit subject for the moralist who can preach upon it or the …

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  • 30aesthetics — Synonyms and related words: artistic taste, axiology, casuistry, connoisseurship, cosmology, dilettantism, epicureanism, epicurism, epistemology, ethics, expertise, expertism, first philosophy, friandise, gastronomy, gnosiology, logic, mental… …

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