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“So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter are no more.”

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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. more

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