Carneiscus ( el, Καρνεῖσκος) was an

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philosopher and disciple of Epicurus, who lived c. 300 BC. He is known as the author of an essay, fragments of which were found among the charred remains at the

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at Herculaneum.PHerc. 1027 The essay is entitled ''Philistas'', and is a work on friendship which deals with a death of a friend. Philistas (or Philista) was a friend of Carneiscus, and she is presented as model Epicurean. Surviving fragments contain a polemic directed against

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in which Carneiscus contrasts the Epicurean view of

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and pleasure with the

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view outlined by Praxiphanes.

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References

*David Konstan, (1997), ''Friendship in the Classical World'', pages 109–110. Cambridge University Press. *James Warren, (2004), ''Facing Death: Epicurus and His Critics'', page 134. Oxford University Press. {{Authority control Epicurean philosophers Hellenistic-era philosophers 3rd-century BC philosophers