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Posted by Anonymous on November 22, 2000 at 09:15:48:

In Reply to: Re: For Isaac - how would you type Epicurus? He was a philosopher, but he also believed in happiness. He is not a 5w4 or a 5w6, and you say a 5w7 is impossible. [nt] posted by K.B. on November 22, 2000 at 01:41:06:

: : 7w6 who could really rhapsodize on a full stomach and empty wine glass.
: Or a 5w4 with a great appetite.

Epicurus believed that MENTAL pleasures, pleasures of intellectual discovery, were greatest among all the pleasures. The use of "epicurean" to describe only more down-to-earth enjoyments such as eating is a corruption of his philosophy.

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