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Book Synopsis: TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction
The ancient biography of Epicurus
The extant letters
Ancient collections of maxims
Doxographical reports
The testimony of Cicero
The testimony of Lucretius
The polemic of Plutarch
Short fragments and testimonia from known works:
- From On Nature
- From the Puzzles
- From On the Goal
- From the Symposium
- From Against Theophrastus
- Fragments of Epicurus' letters
Short fragments and testimonia from uncertain works:
- Logic and epistemology
- Physics and theology
- Ethics
Index
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