Epicurism

Epicurism to Memmius, and had the honour to be set forth the second time by Cicero, so great a father of the Commonwealth; although himself disputes against that opinion in his own writings.

Areopagitica 2007

Epicurism to Memmius, and had the honour to be set forth the second time by Cicero, so great a father of the Commonwealth; although himself disputes against that opinion in his own writings.

Areopagitica 2007

-- Epicurism and Debauchery, are more common in this Place than in

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 July 1775 1963

From Atheism, as a root, Epicurism buds forth, which dissolves all the ties of morality, is ruinous to it, and causes it to degenerate into licentiousness.

The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1 1560-1609 1956

All this, Epicurism effects, by previously breaking down the barriers of the fear of God, which alone restrain men within the bounds of their duty.

The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1 1560-1609 1956

These produce Epicurism, a still more pestilent fruit of that ill-fated tree.

The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1 1560-1609 1956

Again, on the other hand, Epicurism in its worst sequences, sensualism in its most outrageous form, the despotism and brutality of the Cæsars and their favorites, had so undermined the moral sentiments and religious feelings of the masses that scepticism, fraught with shocking vices and unnatural crimes, coupled with contemptible hypocrisy and ridiculous superstition, demoralized the masses and brought truth itself into ill-repute.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906

It is obvious that a system thus formed would degenerate by a natural descent into mere materialism; and in this form Epicurism was the popular philosophy at the beginning of the Christian era.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

Stoicism indeed, as we shall see, held out a hand to the new movement, simply because Stoicism had a religious side which was wanting in Epicurism.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

Epicurism, though perhaps more popular, was in reality more in conflict with what was best in the Italian nature, and the passionate appeal of Lucretius to look for comfort to a scientific knowledge of the _rerum natura_ had no enduring power to cheer.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884