Epicurus laid down the doctrine that pleasure was the chief good.
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Epicurus
//ˌɛpɪˈkjʊɹəs//
Synonyms for "epicurus"
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Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ἐπίκουρος name (ancient Greek philosopher)
Armenian
1 entries- Էպիկուր name (ancient Greek philosopher)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 伊壁鳩魯 /伊壁鸠鲁 name (ancient Greek philosopher)
- 伊比鳩魯 /伊比鸠鲁 name (ancient Greek philosopher)
Czech
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Dutch
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Finnish
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French
1 entries- Épicure name (ancient Greek philosopher)
German
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Greek
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Italian
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Latin
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Old Armenian
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Persian
1 entries- اپیکور name (ancient Greek philosopher)
Polish
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
1 entries- Эпику́р name (ancient Greek philosopher)
Slovak
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Spanish
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Turkish
1 entries- Epikür name (ancient Greek philosopher)
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Twenty-three centuries ago, the Greek philosopher Epicurus wrote about the existence of other worlds in a letter to Herodotus.
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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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