Epicurus, Greek philosopher ( 342?-270? B.C.), 64 , 66 , 240 -251, 256 ,
358 , 391 , 761 ; and utilitarians, 776 , 777 ; quoted, 242 -245, 247
epicycles, 530
Epimenides, Cretan philosopher, prophet, and poet (fl. 7th cent. B.C.),
326
Epi irus, 261 , 343
episcopate, 395 , 396 -397. See also bishops
epistemology, 702 , 713 , 716 , 760. See also theory of knowledge
equality, 139 , 140 ; of man, in ancient philosophy, 114 , 174 , 189 , 191 ,
270 ; of man, in modern philosophy, 183 , 550 , 597 , 695 , 726 -727, 729
, 765 , 775 , 776 ; of women, 111 , 723
Erasmus, Desiderius (Gerhard Gerhards), Dutch scholar ( 1466?1536),
512 -517, 518 , 523 ; quoted, 514 , 515 , 517
Erasmus ( Huizinga), 513 *
Erastianism, 363
Erastus. See Lüber
Eratosthenes, Greek astronomer (fl. 3rd cent. B. C.), 216 , 223
Erigena, Johannes Scotus. See John the Scot
Erinys, 44
Eros, 19
error (s), 822 ; in Aristotle, 161 , 197 -199, 201 -202; in Platonic theory
of ideas, 126
eschatology, 363 , 364
Essais philosopbiqueas ( Descartes), 561
Essay Concerning Human Understanding ( Locke), 604 -617; "Of
Enthusiasm," 607 ; "Of Reason," 607 -608; "Of Degrees of Assent," 608
-609; Of General Terms," 610 ; "Of the Names of Substances," 610 -611
Essay on Man ( Pope), 371
Essay on Miracles ( Hume), 660
Essays on Government ( Locke), 633
essence, 126 , 144 , 146 , 293 , 294 , 405 , 467 , 468 , 586 , 610 -611; and
Aquinas, 455 , 457 , 467 ; and Aristotle, 164 -165, 166 , 167 , 170 , 200
-201
essences, 136 , 139 , 140 , 141
Essenes, 315 *