Epicurus (341-270 BCE) Hellenistic
philosopher and founder of the school of Epicureanism, which focused on an
ethical, hedonistic way of life in the context of an atomistic, materialistic
universe. He had a type of “survival
of the fittest” doctrine which accounted for the evolution of species.
Although such a teaching avoided Aristotle’s appeal to final causes, it
still made room for the activities of Greek gods.
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