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Article Evaluation: Epicureanism

The article does a good job of giving an overview of Epicurean views on religion, ethics, and physics. The section on Epicurean physics is detailed but missing any citations. More time could be spent detailing the evolution of his atomist theory and how his ideas have been developed and resurrected over time. Also, the section titled History focuses on the history of his ideas – the article doesn’t give much in the way of information on what is known about his life or who influenced his ideas. It is part of the Greece, Classical Greece and Rome, and Philosophy projects, and rated C-class for each project. Aside from conversations on formatting and citations, a lot of the concern about the article on the talk page focused on how Epicurean ideas of atheism and hedonism were presented. I followed several of the citation links in the History section and did find the information that was cited, but there are several facts in the section marked as citation needed.

Article Ideas

Philosophical Skepticism: The section on Greek skepticism only includes information on Pyrrhonism and Sextus Empiricus. It could be editied to include more of the major schools of thought and philosophical influencers, and to detail the development of ideas through more modern eras.

Essays (Montaigne): The section on content is very short. While it summarizes the points made in a few of the more major essays it doesn’t do anything to describe how they tied into and helped develop skepticism. I would mostly focus on improving this section.