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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