Epicurus

Overview

Works:	1,115 works in 2,400 publications in 32 languages and 50,982 library holdings
Genres:	Greek prose literature
Classifications:	b570.e5, 187

Publication Timeline

1540 |

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Publications about Epicurus

Publications by Epicurus

Most widely held works about Epicurus

Hellenistic philosophy; Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics by A. A Long ( Book )
Epicurus and his philosophy by Norman W De Witt ( Book )
The Stoics, Epicureans, and Sceptics by Eduard Zeller ( Book )
The Greek atomists and Epicurus, a study by Cyril Bailey ( Book )
Stoic and epicurean by Robert Drew Hicks ( Book )

Epicurus; an introduction by John M Rist ( Book )
Hellenistic philosophy of mind by Julia Annas ( Book )
Epicurus by George Andrew Panichas ( Book )
Stoics, Epicureans, and sceptics : an introduction to Hellenistic philosophy by R. W Sharples ( Book )
The faith of Epicurus by Benjamin Farrington ( Book )
Vergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans ( Book )
Epicurean political philosophy : the De rerum natura of Lucretius by James H Nichols ( Book )
Epicurus' ethical theory : the pleasures of invulnerability by Phillip Mitsis ( Book )
St. Paul and Epicurus by Norman W De Witt ( Book )
Two studies in the Greek atomists: study I, Indivisible magnitudes; study II, Aristotle and Epicurus on voluntary action by David J Furley ( Book )
Epicurus by A. E Taylor ( Book )
Epicurus and his gods (Épicure et ses dieux) by A. J Festugière ( Book )
The Epicurean tradition by Howard Jones ( Book )
Lucretius and the transformation of Greek wisdom by D. N Sedley ( Book )
Epicurus and his gods (Épicure et ses dieux) by A. J Festugière ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Epicurus

Principal doctrines by Epicurus ( Book )
8 editions published between 1922 and 2004 in 5 languages and held by 771 libraries worldwide

The philosophy of Epicurus; letters, doctrines, and parallel passages from Lucretius by Epicurus ( Book )
9 editions published between 1963 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 738 libraries worldwide

Letters, principal doctrines, and Vatican sayings by Epicurus ( Book )
8 editions published between 1964 and 1992 in English and held by 577 libraries worldwide

Epicurus, the extant remains by Epicurus ( Book )
29 editions published between 1926 and 1990 in 4 languages and held by 460 libraries worldwide

The Epicurus reader : selected writings and testimonia by Epicurus ( Book )
4 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 385 libraries worldwide

Epicurea by Epicurus ( Book )
33 editions published between 1857 and 1985 in 6 languages and held by 344 libraries worldwide

Epicurus's morals by Epicurus ( Book )
26 editions published between 1656 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 266 libraries worldwide

The essential Epicurus : letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments by Epicurus ( Book )
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 257 libraries worldwide

Epicuri epistulae tres et ratae sententiae a Laertio Diogene servatae by Epicurus ( Book )
39 editions published between 1921 and 1999 in 6 languages and held by 232 libraries worldwide

Opere by Epicurus ( Book )
44 editions published between 1960 and 1993 in 6 languages and held by 165 libraries worldwide

Epicurus : the extant remains of the Greek text by Epicurus ( Book )
7 editions published between 1926 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 157 libraries worldwide

Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana, or, A fabrick of science natural, upon the hypothesis of atoms founded by Epicurus by Walter Charleton ( Book )
4 editions published in 1654 in English and held by 114 libraries worldwide

Von der Überwindung der Furcht : Katechismus, Lehrbriefe, Spruchsammlung, Fragmente by Epicurus ( Book )
20 editions published between 1949 and 1991 in German and Undetermined and held by 113 libraries worldwide

L'Aristotele perduto e la formazione filosofica di Epicuro by Ettore Bignone ( Book )
9 editions published between 1936 and 2007 in Italian and held by 112 libraries worldwide

La Lettre d'Épicure [á Hérodote by Epicurus ( Book )
5 editions published in 1971 in French and Multiple languages and held by 112 libraries worldwide

Epicvrvs' morals collected partly out of his own Greek text, in Diogenes Laertius, and partly out of the rhapsodies of Marcus Antonius, Plutarch, Cicero, & Seneca : and faithfully Englished by Epicurus ( Book )
2 editions published in 1670 in English and held by 107 libraries worldwide

Opere, frammenti, testimonianze sulla sua vita by Epicurus ( Book )
16 editions published between 1920 and 2003 in Italian and Undetermined and held by 103 libraries worldwide

Lettres et maximes by Epicurus ( Book )
8 editions published between 1977 and 2009 in French and Undetermined and held by 84 libraries worldwide

I resti dell'XI libro del Peri physēos di Epicuro by Epicurus ( Book )
13 editions published between 1818 and 1940 in 5 languages and held by 71 libraries worldwide

Briefe, Sprüche, Werkfragmente : griechisch/deutsch by Epicurus ( Book )
18 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 70 libraries worldwide

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Audience Level

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Audience level: 0.76 (from 0.70 for Letters, p ... to 0.87 for Physiologi ...)

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The essential Epicurus : letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments

Alternative Names

Abīqūr

Épicure

Epicuro

Epicurus

Epiḳoros

Epikouros

Ėpikur

Epikuros

Epʻikʻurosŭ

Yibijiulu

Έπίκουρος

Languages

English (761)
French (368)
German (360)
Italian (339)
Latin (205)
Undetermined (105)
Greek, Ancient (101)
Spanish (76)
Greek, Modern (50)
Russian (25)
Multiple languages (19)
Chinese (14)
Dutch (14)
Polish (8)
Danish (7)
Japanese (6)
Arabic (5)
Hebrew (5)
Turkish (4)
Catalan (4)
Portuguese (3)
Basque (3)
Slovak (3)
Afrikaans (2)
Norwegian (2)
Finnish (2)
Czech (1)
Persian (1)
Korean (1)
Romanian (1)
Bulgarian (1)
Serbian (1)

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Stoics, Epicureans, and sceptics : an introduction to Hellenistic philosophy

Lucretius and the transformation of Greek wisdom