How did Epicurus define pleasure and suffering? Why is Epicurus important? What did Epicurus accomplish? How did Bertrand Russell distinguish between knowledge and wisdom? How are Epicurus's and Epictetus's views on life different? How did Epicurus affect philosophy and science?
How did Epicurus define pleasure and suffering? Epicurus: Epicurus was a philosopher who staunchly opposed platonism, adopting cynism which was advocated for by Democritus, and Aristippus among other opposers of platonism. Democritus is known for his contribution to science, philosophy, and theology, ...
“I did foretell to the people of Jotapata that they would be taken on the forty-seventh day, and that I should be caught alive by the Romans.” Now when Vespasian had inquired of the captives privately about these predictions, he
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. —Helen Keller 95 An infant always learns. The less we interfere with the natural process of ...
Do not, I beg, shy at their names. For myself, I know nothing more “actual,” more bursting with plain common-sense, applicable to the daily life of plain persons like you and me (who hate airs, pose, and nonsense) than Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus. Read a chapter—and so short ...
Did impermanence play a role in Viktor Frankl surviving Nazi Concentration Camps or John McCain being a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for 5 and half years? Sometimes when you are in a battle you have accepted at work, service to your country, or watching a loved one slowly die over ...
“Do as Socrates did, never replying to the question of where he was from with, ‘I am Athenian,’ or ‘I am from Corinth,’ but always, ‘I am a citizen of the world.’” (Epictetus, Discourses I, 9.1) “Kindly remember that he whom you call your slave sprang from the same sto...
“I don’t spend much money on clothes; and I never did.”– Lauren Hutton “Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?”– Alan King “Money does not make you happy but it quiets th...
You are correct, of course, that the first go-to for the Stoic is the dichotomy of control as expressed by Epictetus in Enchiridion I.1, and the beautiful metaphor of the archer attempting to hit a target, in Cicero’s De Finibus III.22. But you are familiar with them, so I will ...
Epictetus, one of the early Stoics, was a slave, and he says you want to get to a point where, when stuff happens, you’re able to say, ‘This is what I trained for.’”– Ryan Holiday I know the Navy SEALs say, “They use the body to test the mind,” and here, the second...