Epicurus
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Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the philosophical school of Epicureanism, which teaches that management of one's desires, removal of unnecessary fears, friendship, and virtuous l
Roman marble bust of Epicurus
Herm of Epicurus (left) leaning against his disciple Metrodorus in the Louvre Museum
Reconstruction by K. Fittschen of an Epicurus enthroned statue, presumably set up after his death. University of Göttingen, Abgußsammlung
Epicurus's Letter to Mother was inscribed onto the portico walls of the 2nd century Epicurean philosopher Diogenes' residence in Oenoanda, Lycia, in modern day Turkey, along with numerous other Epicurean letters and treatises.
Democritus
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Democritus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Abdera, primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. Democritus wrote extensively on a wide variety of topic
Epicurus
…school he established in Athens. Epicurus taught that although the gods exist, they have no involvement in human affairs. Like the earlier philosopher Democritus, Epicurus claimed that all occurrences in the natural world are ultimately the result of tiny, invisible particles known as atoms moving and interacting…
A philosopher, possibly Democritus. Casting of e Villa of the Papyri.
Democritus Among the Abderites by François-André Vincent, 1791
Charles-Antoine Coypel, Cheerful Democritus, 1746.
2020 bust of Democritus presented to the International Atomic Energy Agency by Greece