Epicurus

To walk off all that food, I would then go food shopping at Epicurus Gourmet in North Hollywood.

Scholars believe the style of the writing is typical of the Greek philosopher Philodemus, who followed the teachings of Epicurus, and may have been philosopher-in-residence at Herculaneum.

But that doesn't stop him from blatantly misunderstanding the Greek philosopher Epicurus in his nonsensical complaint about "Epicurean liberalism."

There are parts of On Nature, written by Epicurus himself, and works by a little-known philosopher named Philodemus on topics such as vices, music, rhetoric and death.

Smith came across a reference to the playwright while researching a book he meant to focus on the Greek philosopher Epicurus.