Epicurus is infamous for thinking that pleasure is the good.
The Epicurean Paradox
But surprisingly, he says the highest pleasure is mere absence of pain. In this episode, Peter enjoys the challenge of trying to understand why.
Themes: Ethics. Schofield and G. I really, really appreciate your talks on Epicurus. As a Epicurean Ethics of saying thank you I Epicurean Ethics to share my commentary on the 1st 10 Principal Doctrines. I link fallen in love with Epicurus Eoicurean the philosophy of Epicureanism. I say this after studying philosophy and religion and practicing meditation for over forty years. There are a number of key ideas and insights making Epicurus something of a sagacious elder brother for me, albeit an elder brother from the ancient Greek world.
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One such insight is that anxiety, worry, nervousness, and fear poison our experience of life. No matter how beautiful or pleasant our surroundings, if we are anxious, on edge, dissatisfied with who we are or what we have, brooding about the past Epicurean Ethics fretting about the future, we are trapped in a kind of self-torture chamber. What is needed to release us from our torment? A philosophy giving us an appreciation and understanding of our life as embodied beings.
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There is no better foundation for living a free, pleasurable and fruitful life than the Principal Doctrines of Epicurus. With this in mind, I offer my concise commentary as a guide and a friend to anybody wishing to live at ease and with Epicurean wisdom in the 21st century. A blessed and indestructible being Epicurean Ethics no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; so he is free from anger and Epicurean Ethics, for all such things imply weakness. A perfect being is too pure, too blissful to feel in a limited human Epiicurean earthly way. If you had the misfortune of being Epicurean Ethics in a religion where children are told to fear an angry, jealous God, than this is something you must outgrow if you want to live at ease as an Epicurean. Perhaps a good first step is to simply more info such a religion is one of thousands of religions throughout human prehistory and history, and many religions view God in ways other than fear.
Another suggestion would be to seek out likeminded Ethkcs where you can talk through emotional issues caused by religion teachings. Since emotions and memory are so much part of our physical body, start to exercise in ways that you enjoy and find relaxing— yoga, dance, jogging or walking.
Appreciate the fact that you are a sensitive, aesthetic embodied being. Live in joy, joy as an ongoing experience. There is nothing more pleasurable than a life lived in joy.]
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