Epicurus
Ancient341-270 BCESamos/Athens, Greece
As Your Guide
“Epicurus will help you shed unnecessary fears — of death, of gods, of the future — until only simple tranquility remains. He sees the good life as friendship, reflection, and freedom from anxiety. Choose him if you want a guide who treats philosophy as medicine for the soul.”
Who They Were
Founder of Epicureanism. Taught that pleasure (understood as absence of pain) is the highest good.
What They Left Behind
Words that outlived their authors.
What Haunts Them
These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.
Ataraxia (tranquility)hedonic calculusatoms and voidmortality acceptance