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61sensuous — sensuous, sensual, luxurious, voluptuous, sybaritic, epicurean are comparable when they mean having to do with the gratification of the senses or providing pleasure by gratifying the senses. Both sensuous and sensual can imply reference to the… …
62hedonistic — adjective devoted to pleasure a hedonic thrill lives of unending hedonistic delight epicurean pleasures • Syn: ↑hedonic, ↑epicurean • Similar to: ↑indulgent …
63Diogenes — (Διογένης) is a Greek name shared by several important historical figures: Diogenes of Sinope (412–323 BC), better known as Diogenes the Cynic or simply Diogenes, philosopher Diogenes of Apollonia or Diogenes Apolloniates (c. 460 BC), philosopher …
64Pierre Gassendi — (January 22, 1592 ndash; October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer/astrologer [http://www.skepticreport.com/predictions/newton.htm] , and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with …
65Renaissance humanism — was a European intellectual movement beginning in Florence in the last decades of the 14th century. The humanist movement developed from the rediscovery by European scholars of many Latin and Greek texts. Initially, a humanist was simply a… …
66List of ancient Greeks — This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD. compactTOCRelated articles NOTOC A*Acacius of Caesarea bishop of Caesarea… …
67Gulfton, Houston, Texas — Gulfton is a convert|3.2|sqmi|km2|1|lk=on|abbr=on group of apartment complexes with a mostly Hispanic and immigrant population in western Houston, Texas, United States. Located outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8, west of the city of… …
68Charles Ranhofer — (1836 1899) del The Epicurean. Charles Ranhofer (7 de noviembre de 1836, Saint Denis, Francia 9 de octubre de 1899, Nueva York, Estados Unidos) fue el chef del famoso Delmonico s Restaurant en Nueva York desde los …
69Epicurus — /ep i kyoor euhs/, n. 342? 270 B.C., Greek philosopher. * * * born 341, Samos, Greece died 270 BC, Athens Greek philosopher. He was author of an ethical philosophy of simple pleasure, friendship, and retirement (see Epicureanism) and a… …
70ДИОГЕН ИЗ ЭНОАНДЫ — ДИОГЕН ИЗ ЭНОАНДЫ (Διογένης ὁ Οἰνοανδεύς) (1 я пол. 2 в. н. э.), последователь Эпикура из небольшого города в Ликии (Мал. Азия). В 120 н. э. приказал выбить на стенах портика (стой), построенного на главной площади города, надпись,… …
