Epicurus
Epicurus
Epicuruswas an ancient Greek philosopher as well as the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments and letters of Epicurus's 300 written works remain. Much of what is known about Epicurean philosophy derives from later followers and commentators...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
death art philosophical
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
art philosophy blessed
Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.
life pleasure ends
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
worry easy endure
Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure
pain taught pleasure
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.
appreciate atheism crowds
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
math mind has-beens
I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.
confusion opinion ends
We must consider both the ultimate end and all clear sensory evidence, to which we refer our opinions; for otherwise everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.
love beautiful sight
Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind.
men riches acquisition
The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.
lying perspective fearless
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
philosophical loss envy
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.
absent pursue seeing
We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
fate night tyrants
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.