Epicurus Quotes

Philosopher

Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the school of Epicureanism. He lived from 341 BC to 270 BC. Epicurus is known for his theory of happiness and his belief in the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain as the central goals of life. He argued that the best way to achieve happiness was through the cultivation of virtue and the pursuit of knowledge.

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Famous Epicurus Quotes

“Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind.”

Love Mind Beautiful Sight Originals Dear Kinship

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“Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.”

Men Mind Enjoy Justice Peace Of Mind

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“The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.”

Mind Adversity Casts Prosperity Insolent

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“When we say that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on physical enjoyment--as some think who do not understand our teachings, disagree with them, or give them an evil interpretation--but by pleasure we mean the state wherein the body is free from pain and the mind from anxiety.”

Thinking Giving Mind Mean Ends States Body Pain Evil Pleasure Teaching Depends Anxiety Enjoyment Interpretation Disagree

Book:Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

Source: Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

“Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.”

Men Mind Believe Facts Lying Certain Opinion Terrible Myth Punishment Fancy Peace Of Mind Mature Irrational Everlasting Disturbed Fear Not Fear Of The Unknown

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“He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.”

Mind Peace Of Mind

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“The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind or of both together.”

Mind Long Body Pain Together Pleasure Limits Magnitude Removal No Pain

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“I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.”

Mind Has Beens Math

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“Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.”

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“The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time; but the mind, understanding the end and limit of the flesh and ridding itself of fears of the future, secures a complete life and has no longer any need for unlimited time.”

Needs Mind Believe Ends Understanding Pleasure Limits Flesh Unlimited Limitless Mind And Body Fear Of The Future Complete Life

Author:Epicurus

About the Author

Born: 341 BC
Died: 270 BC
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 188

Books & Sources

Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis MerrillRelated source material

The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragmentsRelated source material

Lettere sulla fisica, sul cielo e sulla felicitàRelated source material

Stoic Six Pack 3: The EpicureansRelated source material

The Epicurus ReaderRelated source material

Principal DoctrinesRelated source material

Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican SayingsRelated source material

The Art of HappinessRelated source material

The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and TestimoniaRelated source material

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