person
Metrodorus of Lampsacus
Metrodorus
also: Metrodorus, Metrodoro, Metrodorus of Lampsacus
The most distinguished pupil of Epicurus (c. 331-278 BC). Cicero quotes his doctrine that the whole happy life rests on a sound bodily constitution and confident hope of maintaining it.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §1.25 Metrodorus
Metrodorus of Lampsacus was Epicurus's closest disciple and joint authority of the school. Cicero invokes him as a witness to what genuine Epicureans actually held.
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §2.7 Metrodorus
Metrodorus of Lampsacus (331-278 BC), Epicurus's closest disciple and designated co-leader of the school. Cicero notes that he did not himself claim to be wise but accepted the title when Epicurus conferred it.
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §2.92 For Metrodorus himself
Metrodorus of Lampsacus, Epicurus's foremost disciple, here cited for his formula that the happy man is one whose body is in good condition with the assurance that it will remain so. Cicero argues this assurance can never actually be had.
- On Duties §3.117 as Metrodorus wrote
Metrodorus of Lampsacus, the foremost disciple of Epicurus. Cicero quotes his doctrine that the whole happy life depends on a sound bodily constitution and confident hope of keeping it.
- Tusculan Disputations §5.27 you, Metrodorus, who lodged every good in the entrails and the marrow
Metrodorus of Lampsacus (c. 331-278 BC), Epicurus's closest disciple, who located the highest good in a sound condition of the body. Cicero mocks the inconsistency of his boast that he has barred Fortune's approaches.