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Show Sensuality Made No Appeal to Epicurus 10 make philosophy a basis of morals, yet, ironically enough, bis fame is the perverted one of a sensualist. Kansas Kan-sas City Star. If Epicurus could return to earthly iife today he would he somewhat surprised sur-prised to hear his name as an ad Jective applied to persons and tilings sensual. Impart ial history represents the hahiis of this Athenian philosopher philoso-pher and his followers as exceedingly frugal and temperate. The members of his communal school of "Kpiouroanisiu'' were mostly poor, but being greatly attached to one another, they, in times of scarcity, contributed to each other's support. Kpicurus himself began his philosophical philosophi-cal career when he was thirteen years old. At that time, upon hearing a verse of liesoid wherein all things are said to come from Chaos, ho aske,!: 'And hence came Chaos?" His teachers referred biin 10 philosphy and to philosophy he did apply. He sought instruction from many masters, but none could give the youth any solid conviction. He thus founded his own school of thinking and tried to teach Ihe world hy precept that they who live simply have no fear of poverty and are better able to enjoy the pleasures of life. He was the lirst |