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
meaningless
Death is meaningless to the living because they are living, and meaningless to the dead… because they are dead.
atheist evil world
The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are both able and willing. If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can, but will not, than they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, then they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent. Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, how does it exist?
sake pleasure spit
I spit upon luxurious pleasures, not for their own sake, but because of the inconveniences that follow them.
being-thankful easy made
We ought to be thankful to nature for having made those things which are necessary easy to be discovered; while other things that are difficult to be known are not necessary.
carpe-diem fool faults
The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.
stranger pleasure wells
Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.
what-if desire ifs
What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?
earthquakes wind may
Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.
atheist faith-religion omnipotence
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
infinite universe
But the universe is infinite.
suffering philosopher empty
The words of that philosopher who offers no therapy for human suffering are empty and vain.
where-you-are afraid-of-death
Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.
future may remember
Remember that the future is neither ours nor wholly not ours, so that we may neither count on it as sure to come nor abandon hope of it as certain not to be.
appearance theory myth
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.