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(342?-270 BCE) A Greek philosopher and the founder of what we call the Epicurean school of philosophy.
Epikurus believed that there was no supernatural or mystical powers which governed human existence and that nature should be the sole source of motivation and that wise conduct was the best way to live a healthy life; his doctrine was that the external world is a series of fortuitous combinations of events and that the highest good is pleasure, interpreted as freedom from disturbance or pain.
According to Diogenes of Oenoanda, Epikurus was to have said, Good can be attained . . . Evil can be endured.
His name may also be rendered as Epikouros or Epicouros.
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