For centuries, a set of ancient papyrus scrolls discovered at Herculaneum has puzzled archaeologists. Damaged by the famed ...

If this life constitutes the entirety of your existence, then you absolutely must maximize your enjoyment. You must never miss an opportunity for fun and pleasure.

The “medicines” Diogenes hoped to use to cure the “disease” of false understanding was Epicureanism, a system of philosophy founded in the fourth century B.C. by the Greek philosopher ...

Ancient Rome produced so many significant historical figures—such as Julius Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, and Ovid—that it can be ...

In the first century, the big players were Epicureanism, Stoicism, and the newcomer Christianity. Epicureanism’s influence was already faltering by the time Christianity emerged. Its proponents ...

For hundreds of years, Epicureanism and Stoicism were two of the most influential philosophical doctrines, but the rise of ...

This volume of essays, commissioned specially from a distinguished international group of scholars, explores the role and influence of Greek philosophy, specifically Epicureanism, in the late republic ...

Another shows her wearing armor, taking off a mask, in a painting called “Between Epicureanism and Stoicism.” The woman is wearing medieval-style armor, calling to mind old masters.

Some of them practiced the Greek philosophical traditions of Stoicism and Epicureanism, the study of which was a key part of Roman education. “The ancient equivalent of going on a Grand Tour and ...