Teacher of the Garden
Epicurus
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A Greek philosopher who taught in a garden outside Athens that a good life is free of pain and fear, built on friendship and simple pleasures.
Key work: Letter to Menoeceus
“Death is nothing to us.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Pleasure, rightly understood, is the absence of pain and fear.
Friendship is among the greatest goods of a life.
Want little, and little will be enough.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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