Word: epicureans
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...Nicolas, who has made a literal translation into French, has given a mystical meaning to many of the voluptuous lines of the original; but the English poetical translation by Edward Fitzgerald, which is considered in every way the better, shows the old Persian in the light of an Epicurean and a "Materialist...
...hard as any of Cicero's works except the strictly legal orations. It is proposed to read the first two books of this treatise; the first an exposition of Epicurus's ethics, the second an attack upon them. Horace in his epistles appears as a practical epicurean in middle life. Persius - universally regarded as one of the hardest of Roman authors - is a young stoic of the time of Nero. The course will not be made intentionally difficult, but it will require close attention and care. It may be usefully combined with courses in philosophy, and all Latin...
Character. - Self-conscious, but self-possessed. Tendency to Epicurean philosophy. Devoted to athletic interests, either in body or in purse. Remarkable powers of observation, particularly of opposite sex. Conversation forcible and figurative. Religious and physiological topics frequently discussed with much off-hand ease. Good fellow, particularly if you dress well. Don't lend him money...