Epicureanism
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Epicureanism is a school of philosophy founded upon the teachings of its founder Epicurus.
The main tenets of Epicureanism are: principally the tetrapharmakos:
- the gods are not to be feared, they are immortal and do not interfere with mankind.
- Death is not to be feared as the body breaks down into atoms. Once we are dead we will not know it
- pleasure is the absence of pain
- bodily pain does not last for long
- The Epicurean way of life
- ataraxia
- live unobtrusively
Prominent Roman Epicureans:
Greek teachers in Italy:
- Philodemus
- Siro
Epicurean vocabulary:
- hortulus
- contubernium
- contubernales
- quies
- voluptas
