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Épicure et les épicuriens au Moyen Âge (2013)

Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali
Volume: 21
Pages: 3--46
Publication date: 2013
Language: French

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: First article in a special issue, “Mittelalterliche Legenden von Philosophen und Gelehrten / The Medieval Legends of Philosophers and Scholars”

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Epicurianism Christianity Philosophy Biographies Ancient Medieval 14th century 12th century 13th century Greece Diogenes Laertius Epicurus

The meaning of the term `Epicurean' seems to rest on a legend, that of an Epicurus enjoying all the pleasures.Yet we know how much Epicurus's teaching differs from this. It is frequent to read that the Christian thinkers worked to remove Epicurus from the history of the philosophy by reporting these narratives or inventing new legends similar to those transmitted by the famous book X of Diogenes Laertius's Lives and doctrines of the illustrious philosophers. This vision of the history of the Epicureanism raises nevertheless several problems. Indeed, not only the medieval thinkers did not know Diogenes Laertius's book -- no more than the works of Epicurus. Moreover, they do not seem to use legends in order to attack Epicurus's doctrine. From the XIIth century, the gap between Epicurus and the Epicureans was accepted. The former was recognized for his wisdom -- in particular thanks to Seneca's Letters -- in spite of his philosophical and theological errors; the Epicureans were considered as having misunderstood the philosopher or simply as having followed the popular legend.This attitude can be found in the Lives of Epicurus which were written in the XIIIth and XIVth centuries and which are based on the ancient doxography, in particular the Stoics and the Church Father. The portrait of Epicurus changes however according to the authors, since some of them stress the theological criticism, while others only retain its wisest dicta. In any case, none of them uses the slander for their criticism of the founder of the Garden.

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