Epicurus

//ˌɛpɪˈkjʊɹəs//

"Epicurus" in a Sentence (3 examples)

Epicurus laid down the doctrine that pleasure was the chief good.

Twenty-three centuries ago, the Greek philosopher Epicurus wrote about the existence of other worlds in a letter to Herodotus.

In about 300 BCE, Greek philosopher Epicurus proposed that the universe's boundaries were limitless and that space was full of other worlds.

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