The teachings of Epicurus-about life & death religion & science physical sensation happiness morality & friendship-attracted legions of adherents throughout the ancient Mediterranean world & deeply influenced later European thought Though Epicurus faced hostile opposition for centuries after his death he counts among his many admirers Thomas Hobbes Thomas Jefferson Karl Marx & Isaac Newton This volume
Includes:: all of his extant writings-his letters doctrines & Vatican sayings-alongside parallel passages from the greatest exponent of his philosophy Lucretius extracts from Diogenes Laertius' Life of Epicurus a lucid introductory essay about Epicurean philosophy & a foreword by Daniel Klein author of Travels with Epicurus & coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Plato & a Platypus Walk into a Bar