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Epicurus — Letter to Menoeceus; Principal Doctrines

−300 · Book · Public Domain

The surviving core of Epicurus's philosophy, teaching that pleasure—understood as freedom from pain and anxiety—is the aim of life. It argues that we have no reason to fear either death or the gods.

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