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71Anaxagoras and the atomists — C.C.W.Taylor ANAXAGORAS In the course of the fifth century BC the political and cultural pre eminence of Athens attracted to the city a considerable number of intellectuals of various kinds from all over the Greek world. This phenomenon, the so… …
72Ep|i|cu|re|an — «EHP uh kyu REE uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or like an epicure; fond of pleasure and luxury: »epicurean tastes. 2. fit for an epicure: »an epicurean banquet. –n. a person who is fond of pleasure and luxury; epicure. SYNONYM(S): sybarite.… …
73ep|i|cu|re|an — «EHP uh kyu REE uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or like an epicure; fond of pleasure and luxury: »epicurean tastes. 2. fit for an epicure: »an epicurean banquet. –n. a person who is fond of pleasure and luxury; epicure. SYNONYM(S): sybarite.… …
74EPICUREANISM — EPICUREANISM, a philosophy of adjustment to the social changes after alexander the great (336–323), founded by Epicurus, 342/1–270 B.C.E., the most revered and the most reviled of all founders of thought in the Greco Roman world (De Witt). Recent …
75Hadrian — Infobox Roman emperor name =Emperor Hadrian title = Emperor of the Roman Empire full name =Publius Aelius Hadrianus (from birth to accession and adoption); Caesar Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus (as emperor) caption =Bust of Hadrian… …
76Problem of evil — Part of a series on God General conceptions …
77Diogenes Laërtius — For other uses, see Diogenes (disambiguation). Diogenes Laertius (ancient Greek: Διογένης Λαέρτιος, Diogenes Laertios; fl. c. 3rd century AD) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and …
78On the Nature of Things — (Latin: De rerum natura ) is a first century BC poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. The poem is divided into six books, and concentrates heavily on Epicurean… …
79Eggs Benedict — Infobox Prepared Food name = Eggs Benedict caption = Eggs Benedict alternate name = country = region = creator = course = served = main ingredient = Eggs, English Muffin, Ham or Bacon and Hollandaise sauce variations = Multiple calories = other …
80Celsus — (Greek: polytonic|Κέλσος ) was a 2nd century Greek philosopher and opponent of Christianity. He is known to us mainly through the reputation of his literary work, The True Word (Account, Doctrine or Discourse) (polytonic|Λόγος AληΘής), almost… …
