• Images depict a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
  • a rare 1712 English edition of Epicurus’s Morals, translated by John Digby and printed for Sam. Briscoe, presenting Epicurean philosophy, moral maxims, and the Wise Man sayings, including the Letter to Menoeceus, Saint-Évremond’s biography of Epicurus, and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius’ accounts, this early 18th-century translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean rational ethics, atomism, and practical moral guidance. The volume features period binding
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Epicurus - Epicurus's Morals - 1712

Epicurus - Epicurus's Morals - 1712

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Title

Epicurus's Morals

Author

Epicurus (John Digby, Translates)

Year

1712

Publisher

Printed For Sam. Briscoe

Description

Early English edition of Epicurus’s moral philosophy, including his Wise Man sayings, Letter to Menoeceus, and maxims, with Saint-Évremond’s life of Epicurus and Isocrates’ Advice to Demonicus. Based on Diogenes Laertius, Digby’s 1712 translation reflects renewed seventeenth-century interest in Epicurean atomism and rational ethics.

[21], xxxiii, 224 pp.

Condition

Lacking frontispiece. Half calf with marbled boards, gilt spine worn with losses and central flaw, extremities rubbed, loss to top right corner of title page, ownership marks to pastedown, strong foxing and discolourations internally, notably to i to pp. 91 (upper third) and pp. 176–208. Repair to final page. 
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