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Epicurus and the Modern Mind |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ON EPICURUS |
| Author: Sharon David Rives |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1987 |
| Size: 8,411 Words, 48,576 Characters |
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Few people would express surprise or even disagreement upon hearing that the International Epicurean Circle of London declared recently that the Scottish national dish, haggis, is the "most horrible" culinary concoction in existence in the twentieth century. A greater number of people appear perplexed when informed that Epicurus, the Greek philosopher who lends his name to our adjective, lived a life of strict abstention from the delights of the body. In his own day Epicurus and his followers were known as "the water-drinkers," a rather disparaging name for one living in Greece in the third century B.C., when the common drink was not water but wine. Only on occasion did the Epicureans drink wine, and it was watered down in the Greek fashion. Bread and water were Epicurus' daily staples...
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...uld have shown a weakness of mind coupled with the fear of pain. On the last day of his life, Epicurus drew a hot bath and poured himself a libation of wine. Surrounded by his family of friends and the warm water and wine, he breathed his last, intending to release the fine and nimble atoms of his soul back into the vortex from which they came, I assume, since he died true to the way he lived.
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