Epicurus
Founder of Epicureanism (341 to 270 BCE), the Greek school that took a pleasant life, free of pain and fear, to be the aim; taught at his Garden in Athens.
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Pleasure, as the aim of life, means the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul
By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul.
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Pleasure, as the aim of life, means the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul
By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul.
Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) Said c. 341–270 BCE
Being content with little is a great good, and those who least need luxury enjoy it most
Again, we regard independence of outward things as a great good, not so as in all cases to use little, but so as to be contented with little if we have not much, being honestly persuaded that they have the sweetest enjoyment of luxury who stand least in need of it, and that whatever is natural is easily procured and only the vain and worthless hard to win.
Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) Said c. 341–270 BCE
Natural wealth is limited and easy to get, while the wealth of vain fancies recedes without end
Nature’s wealth at once has its bounds and is easy to procure; but the wealth of vain fancies recedes to an infinite distance.
Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) Said c. 341–270 BCE
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Of everything wisdom provides for a happy life, by far the most important is gaining friends
Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) Said c. 341–270 BCE
Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality
Accustom thyself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply sentience, and death is the privation of all sentience; therefore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not by adding to life an illimitable time, but by taking away the yearning after immortality.
Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) Said c. 341–270 BCE
A pleasant life is impossible without living wisely, well and justly, and living that way is impossible without living pleasantly
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living pleasantly.
Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) Said c. 341–270 BCE
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