Epicurus
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An ancient Greek philosopher who founded a school emphasizing the pursuit of happiness through modest living, friendship, and freedom from fear. Contrary to later misconceptions, his teachings advocated for the absence of pain and the cultivation of inner tranquility rather than indulgent pleasure. His philosophy greatly influenced later ethical thought and concepts of well-being.
Epicurus
Quotes
An ancient Greek philosopher who founded a school emphasizing the pursuit of happiness through modest living, friendship, and freedom from fear. Contrary to later misconceptions, his teachings advocated for the absence of pain and the cultivation of inner tranquility rather than indulgent pleasure. His philosophy greatly influenced later ethical thought and concepts of well-being.
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.
Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.
Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.
Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.
A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand in awe of night and day.
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
If death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.
The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.
Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.
The fool's life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.
Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.
Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little.
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth.
