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Meanings of epicurean in английском
A person who enjoys choosing, eating and drinking high quality food and wines and who knows a lot about them.
Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses.
Related terms
Philosophy.
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Examples for "philosophy"
Examples for "philosophy"
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Natural philosophy, like war and romance, is best done by young men.
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It's my philosophy to power downto put direct responsibility on my subordinates.
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A new philosophy always takes time, but it also depends on us.
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The Venus of Epicurean philosophy survived in the Virgin of the Schools:-
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New teacher-training programmes have sprung up to encourage philosophy at primary level.
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OBAMA: I actually think that the state secret doctrine should be modified.
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The doctrine of expansionary austerity quickly became orthodoxy in much of Europe.
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Critics have said the doctrine too often lets police brutality go unpunished.
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We do not know Pyongyang's nuclear doctrine or employment concepts, said Clapper.
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This is not theory; it is not doctrine; it is not opinion.
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Was then the Deistical line of argument derived from his philosophical system?
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A mob of farm boys can't eradicate a major philosophical system.
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He wants the firm basis of a philosophy or of a philosophical system.
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Pliny has, further, the great advantage of being shut up in no philosophical system.
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Pythagoras made numbers the basis of his philosophical system, as well physical as metaphysical.
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However, Tim Paine perhaps won't be subscribing to that school of thought.
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Why is this school of thought especially popular on the libertarian right?
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So how can a single school of thought follow such different paths?
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He leaned more toward the second school of thought, which was that-
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We might call it the Colorado Barbecue and Floor-Bucket school of thought.
Usage of epicurean in английском
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Those words used to conjure up images of wealth and epicurean tastes.
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Flying with South African Airways promises to be a truly epicurean experience.
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We'd better skip that chapter and come straight to the epicurean sage.
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He gained the distinction of having discovered the epicurean value of sand-dabs.
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There is no perfectly epicurean corner; there is no perfectly irresponsible place.
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I'm more of a Maoist epicurean - I yearn for constant revolution.
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His epicurean uncle had no profound esteem for the kind of innocence.
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He had the Southerner's epicurean appreciation of the fine art of feasting.
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It smacked of crudeness, and he had an epicurean distaste for crudeness.
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Each pastry with its own evocative name, the epitome of epicurean deliciousness.
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He would make his life there, as a sort of epicurean hermit.
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She even had praise for the epicurean delights of the hospital's kitchen.
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And then they would have luncheon, specially devised for Bessie's epicurean taste.
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Except the gout, this savage old epicurean never knew a day's sickness.
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You are an anarchist, you are, and an epicurean into the bargain!
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Terrence, there-TerrenceMcFane-he'san epicurean anarchist, if you know what that means.
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