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Epicurus, the founder of the first school (which bears his name), was a very early atomist, with no time for mysticism. He controversially believed that everything was made up of tiny particles flying invisibly through space. Happiness, he said, was a question of tranquillity, and good and evil were no more than a matter of pleasure and pain; to li
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Stoic Six Pack 3 – The Epicureans: On The Nature of Things, Letters and Principal Doctrines of Epicurus, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, The Garden of Epicurus and Stoics vs Epicureans (Illustrated)
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Epicurus was a materialist, but not a determinist. He followed Democritus in believing that the world consists of atoms and the void; but he did not believe, as Democritus did, that the atoms are at all times completely controlled by natural laws.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Instead, the Epicurean ideal is to live quietly with one’s close friends and contemplate the random movements of the atomic universe.
Emily Wilson • The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca
the gods are far too busy with their own affairs to bother with ours.
Carolyn Steel • Sitopia
qu’Épicure montre qu’il faut avoir une vie particulièrement austère, une vie où le plaisir n’est pas dans la chair, mais dans l’ataraxie. Le bonheur, la vie heureuse chez Épicure se caractérise par cette ataraxie qui signifie absence de troubles 2. Car pour lui le malheur des hommes provient du fait qu’ils craignent des choses qui ne sont pourtant
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