Abstract
AbstractThe surviving writings of Epicurus and his followers contain several references toepibolê – a puzzling notion that does not receive discussion in the extant Epicurean texts. There is no consensus about whatepibolêis, what it isof,and what it operatesonand, moreover, its epistemological status is controversial. This article aims to address these issues in both Epicurus and later Epicurean authors. Part One focuses mainly on Epicurus’Letter to Herodotus, highlights a crucial distinction hitherto unnoticed in the literature between two different types ofepibolê, and brings out he necessary connection betweenepibolêand the application of the criteria of truth. Part Two considers the philosophical merits of the traditional interpretation ofepibolêas projection and/or attention. Part Three examines the two aforementioned types ofepibolêin Lucretius and Philodemus and shows that these authors accordepibolêparamount epistemological and ethical importance.
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