Philosophy creates strong, sufficient men, who pride themselves on their own personal goods. One must not pretend to philosophize, but philosophize in reality. Describe Epicurus' cosmology, i.e., his account of the universe, its constituents (compounds, principles of bodies), its features, how it operates, and meteorological phenomena.
If the body dies, the soul cannot have sense perception; if the soul survives it will be able to perceive; one can attain security against other things, but when it comes to death all men live in a city without walls Describe Epicurus' view of friendship in detail.
Epicurus also advocates for the Golden Rule and much of his sayings on justice are based on the importance of neither harming each other nor being harmed.
What is The Four-Part Cure (the four basic truths of Epicureanism)? 1. Don't fear God. 2. Don't worry about death, 3. What is good is easy to get. 4. What is terrible is easy to endure. Nice work! You just studied 29 terms! Now up your study game with Learn mode. What is The Four-Part Cure (the four basic truths of Epicureanism)? 1. Don't fear God.
Epicurus believes in effluences, meaning all sense perception is atoms flying off atoms. Epicurus is an empiricist, meaning he believes knowledge derives from sense perception; "simply according to the present applications, whether of the intellect or of any other criteria, and similarly to observe everything in accordance with our actual feelings, so that we can have some sign by which we may make inferences both about what awaits confirmation and about the non-evident."
Epicurus' goal of life was happiness . Happiness can be achieved through ataraxia, a state of tranquility where pleasure is an absence of pain. Epicurus said, "The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom." In order to be happy, you must be self-sufficient, meaning your happiness is in your control.
Epicurus also said, "to show reverence for a wise man is itself a great good for him who reveres the wise man." Epicurus also said that the wise man knows how to give rather than receive. The wise man also feels pain when his friend is tortured and would be willing to die on his friend's behalf. Epicurus also said, "Let nothing be done in your life which will cause you to fear if it is discovered by your neighbor." Epicurus believed noble men are involved in wisdom and friendship; chance had a small impact on the wise man, while reasoning has arranged for, is arranging for, and will arrange for the greatest and most important matters throughout the whole of his life.
son of Neocles and Chairestrate and was an Athenian citizen of the deme Gargettus and of the clan Philaidae; began to practice philosophy when he was 14 years old; he turned to philosophy because he was contemptuous of the school-teachers for not being able to interpret for him the chaos in Hesoid; he was a friend to all mankind; his piety to the gods and love for his country were too great for words; he did not participate in political life; founded a school when he was 32; died at the age of 72 of kidney stones
We avoid things that cause us pain. The kind of pleasure we should seek is the removal of pain. Static pleasures are superior. Static pleasure is the state of having satisfied our desires, as compared with kinetic pleasure, which is the process of satisfying our desires. For example, the absence of hunger (static pleasure) is superior to the act of eating a hamburger to remove hunger (kinetic). Not every pleasure is wise to pursue. Sometimes we need to pass us pleasures because they cause us more pain (ex. Overeating, overdrinking, etc.) Prudence is choosing which pains will lead to long-term pleasure; no pleasure is a bad thing in itself. but the things which produce certain pleasures bring troubles many times greater than the pleasures; every pain is easy to despise. for pains which produce great distress are short in duration and those which last for a long time in the flesh cause only mild distress;
Necessary desires can be for happiness (ex. Friends and science), for freeing the body from troubles (ex. Putting a sweater on when it's cold), and for life itself (ex. Oxygen, water, and basic food). Examples of groundless opinions are crowns, statues, and jewelry; the desires which do not bring a feeling of pain when not fulfilled are not necessary