If you are saying that Hicks is the source of the "not marry" viewpoint, then I would bolster that with my observations that I find Hicks to take a VERY negative position on Epicurus. I remember reading his "Stoics and Epicureans" and being struck with how negative and pessimistic Hicks' worldview seemed to me to be - very stoic.
Thank you for all the research!
This is what I am remembering: https://newepicurean.com/is-that-all-th…and-epicureans/