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Which French Catholic priest revived a modified version of Epicureanism in the seventeenth century?

  • Pierre Gassendi

  • Blaise Pascal

  • René Descartes

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Pierre Gassendi, a French Catholic priest, revived a modified version of Epicureanism in the seventeenth century. His work, along with that of other writers, helped to popularize Epicurean ideas and influence major thinkers such as John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Jeremy Bentham, and Karl Marx.
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