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Three Discourses of Happiness, Virtue and Liberty [Paperback]

Pierre Gassendi (Author)

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Publication Date: July 14, 2003

The Epicurean philosophers placing the happiness of man in the satisfaction of the mind, and health of the body, assure us that those two are no otherwise to be procured than by a constant practice of virtue. And because they have had the bard Fate to be misrepresented by most of the other sects, as well ancient as modern, and their principles traduced as favoring the most brutal sensuality; the learned Gassendi, who had either examined their doctrine with more diligence, or interpreted their sentiments with more candor and justice, thought he could not employ his time better than to vindicate the morals of Epicurus. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Written in Old English.

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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (July 14, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0766169278
ISBN-13: 978-0766169272
Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.2 x 1 inches
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THo' Felicity or Happiness be properly the enjoyment of the Sovereign or Chief Good; and therefore the most blessed Estate that can be desired; yet because this Estate of Enjoyment comprehends this Sovereign Good, it is for that Reason called by this Name. Read the first page

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Soul of the World, Tranquility of the Mind, Health of the Body, Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures, Laws of Nature, Moral Philofophy, Divine Nature, Epicurus's Opinion, Happinefs of Life, Health of the Mind, Sovereign Lord, Difeafes of the Body, Golden Age, Happinefs of Man, Maximus of Tyre, Opinions of the Philofophers, Pleafure Nature, Pleafures of the Body, Pleafures of the Mind, Rule of Contraries

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Wiggle Waggle (Boohbah) by Silje Swendsen on page 430

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Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy by Antonia LoLordo on page 18

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