Why did Epicureanism lose?
>>18241524Galen when attempting to refute Epicurus used what is in essence an ancient equivalent to intelligent design.> Demonstrating Purposeful Action: Galen used examples like the ureters (connecting kidneys to bladder) and the development of a fetus (seen by Hippocrates) to show deliberate, functional design (teleology) rather than accidental atomic arrangements.
>>18241524Because Christianity became the dominant force in Europe and I think they didn't like that people could read about other things that were contradictory with their religion.
>>18241524Followed the same trajectory that all literate societies did, initial flourishing of lots of philosophical schools, which got pared down to one or a few after several centuries when the cultural orthodoxy of the literate was defined. Same happened in Greece/Christendom, India and China.
