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... Epicureanism , and he maintains that it is natural , social , and independent of fortune . It consists in virtue , and virtue has its own reward : " The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy . " A series of examples fol- lows ...
... Epicureanism , and he maintains that it is natural , social , and independent of fortune . It consists in virtue , and virtue has its own reward : " The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy . " A series of examples fol- lows ...
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... . 7-8 , Pope sets up as extremes the active pleasure - seeking popu- larly attributed to Epicureanism and the proud withdrawal from action considered characteristic of Stoicism . In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer , Born 17.
... . 7-8 , Pope sets up as extremes the active pleasure - seeking popu- larly attributed to Epicureanism and the proud withdrawal from action considered characteristic of Stoicism . In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer , Born 17.
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... Epicureans ( 11. 20-24 ) , Pope contrasts , according to Warburton , the Protagoreans , who believed " that every imagination or opinion of every man was true , " to the Skeptics ( 11 . 25-26 ) . The correctness of the Aristotelian mean ...
... Epicureans ( 11. 20-24 ) , Pope contrasts , according to Warburton , the Protagoreans , who believed " that every imagination or opinion of every man was true , " to the Skeptics ( 11 . 25-26 ) . The correctness of the Aristotelian mean ...
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