Epicurus
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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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ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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6 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Pleasure, as the aim of life, means the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul (opens korrents.com)
“By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul.”
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Being content with little is a great good, and those who least need luxury enjoy it most (opens korrents.com)
“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…”
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Natural wealth is limited and easy to get, while the wealth of vain fancies recedes without end (opens korrents.com)
“Nature’s wealth at once has its bounds and is easy to procure; but the wealth of vain fancies recedes to an infinite distance.”
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Pleasure, as the aim of life, means the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul (opens korrents.com)