1. "This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans," Soupios says. 索皮奥斯说:“古代的伊壁鸠鲁派看来,这便是最高级的、最让人渴望得到的快乐和幸福。”
2. His followers became known as the Epicureans, the most famous of whom was Lucretius. 他的追随者成为知名的伊壁鸠鲁派,最著名的是卢克莱修(Lucretius)。
3. The Epicureans held that matter is made of atoms two thousand years ago and we are now tempted to say that their theory was true. 两千多年前,伊壁鸠鲁派曾认为事物是由原子构成的,照我们现在来看肯定是没有问题的,然而这恰恰是我们把自己的观念同伊壁鸠鲁派对物质的看法混淆的表现。
4. I do not, indeed, consider the Epicureans to have been by any means faultless in drawing out their scheme of consequences from the utilitarian principle. 我并不认为,伊壁鸠鲁主义者从功利主义原则得到其结论构架的做法是无懈可击的。