Gardens of happiness Sir William Temple, temperance and China
Sir William Temple, an English statesman and humanist, wrote "Upon the Gardens of Epicurus" in 1685, taking a neo-Epicurean approach to happiness and temperance. In accord with Pierre Gassendi's Epicureanism, "happiness" is characterised as freedom from disturbance and pain...
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| Published in | The Seventeenth century Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 307 - 344 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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04.03.2021
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