Nicolaus of Autrecourt tried to espouse its atomist theories in the 14th century, but the Church forced him to burn his writings.
Arcesilaus dismissed this philosophy's popularity, stating that "people sometimes make eunuchs out of men, but no one can ever make a man out of a eunuch." Nicolaus of Autrecourt tried to espouse its atomist theories in the 14th century, but the Church forced him to burn his writings. Pierre Gassendi led a mid-17th century revival of it, and it was espoused by Lucretius in his De Rerum Natura. For ten points, name this philosophy described as "the art of making life happy" by its founder at its school, "The Garden."
Arcesilaus dismissed this philosophy's popularity, stating that "people sometimes make eunuchs out of men, but no one can ever make a man out of a eunuch."
{Epicureanism}