It examines the impact of his works, which were preserved by the first pyroclastic surge of Mount Vesuvius, on our understanding of Epicurean philosophy Cynicism challenged societal norms and advocated for a life of authenticity and self-sufficiency. Christopher Brooke. Similarly, Epicureanism’s popular meaning evokes a kind of Bard College Stoicism and Epicureanism originated in Athens at about the same time (the late fourth and early third century bc) and remained important and influential the