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Full Idea
Every mind of any account in the Roman Empire was an Epicurean.
Gist of Idea
All intelligent Romans were Epicureans
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ [1889], 58)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.181
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