epicureanism

/ep-i-kyoo-ree-uh-niz-uhm, -kyoor-ee-/US // ˌɛp ɪ kyʊˈri əˌnɪz əm, -ˈkyʊər i- //

嗜好主义,享乐主义,嗜酒如命,嗜好症

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : the philosophical system or doctrine of Epicurus, holding that the external world is a series of fortuitous combinations of atoms and that the highest good is pleasure, interpreted as freedom from disturbance or pain.
- : epicurean indulgence or habits.

as inhedonism

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This highest class begins usually with Stoicism, and ends with Epicureanism.
None the less his writings were committed to memory and remained the text-books of Epicureanism to the last.
Lucretius is a proof, if any were needed, that Epicureanism is compatible with nobility of soul.
The fundamental postulates of Epicureanism are atoms and the void (ἄτομα καὶ κενόν).
It can hardly be denied that as compared with the dogmas against which it reacted there is an element of truth in Epicureanism.