He is known to have written over 300 pieces of work, but only little fragments of them are preserved.
The majority of what we know of him comes from people that commentated on him. Epicurus was mostly known as
being the creator of 'Epicureanism' which was a popular belief in Hellenistic Philosophy over 600 years.
He believed we could all find a way to be happy. His philosophy was to accomplish a happy and satisfied life,
with without feeling pain and fear. It was by living in 'seclusion', not being involved in politics, a self sufficient
life without pursuing wealth or glory. It was also emphasized the importance of a close circle of friends, that you
could trust and participate in enjoying the lesser glorified objects in life, such as food and science.
(287- 212 BC)
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever
praying for evil against one another.
~ Epicurus
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
~ Epicurus
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
~ Epicurus
We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.
~ Epicurus
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
~ Epicurus
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live
wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
~ Epicurus
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
~ Epicurus
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.
~ Epicurus
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
~ Epicurus
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason
throughout the course of life.
~ Epicurus
The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
~ Epicurus
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
~ Epicurus
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving
difficult times and challenging adversity.
~ Epicurus
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
~ Epicurus
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.
~ Epicurus
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
~ Epicurus
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was
far removed from their understanding.
~ Epicurus
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
~ Epicurus
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
~ Epicurus
The Greek philosopher and logician (one who studies logic or reason) Socrates was an important influence on Plato (427-347 B.C.E. ) and had a major effect on ancient philosophy. Socrates was famous for his method of argumentation and his works often made as many enemies as admirers within Athens. Cicero said that "Socrates brought down philosophy from the heavens to the earth." Socrates appears to have lived the humblest life. He bought the cheapest food and drink, had no shirt or shoes, and wore the same cloak summer and winter. But this gave him independence to do as he wished, and what he wished was to help himself and others come to greater knowledge and peace of mind.
(469 B.C.E. - c. 399 B.C.E.)
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~ Friedrich NietzscheMore Proverbs
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