Epicurus

Epicurus

Ancient Greek philosopher.

An ancient Greek philosopher who founded a school emphasizing the pursuit of happiness through modest living, friendship, and freedom from fear. Contrary to later misconceptions, his teachings advocated for the absence of pain and the cultivation of inner tranquility rather than indulgent pleasure. His philosophy greatly influenced later ethical thought and concepts of well-being.

Epicurus Quotes about World

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  • A world is a circumscribed portion of sky... it is a piece cut off from the infinite.
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  • There are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours. For the atoms being infinite in number... are borne on far out into space.
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  • Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can and does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?
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  • The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are both able and willing. If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can, but will not, than they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, then they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent. Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, how does it exist?
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  • Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.
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