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“Nothing exists; even if something exists, nothing can be known about it; and even if something can be known about it, knowledge about it can't be communicated to others.”

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A renowned Greek philosopher known for his contributions to rhetoric, Gorgias is considered one of the founders of Western rhetorical theory. Born in 485 BC and died in 380 BC, Gorgias' ideas had a profound impact on subsequent philosophers and rhetoricians. more

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“Speech is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear, relieve pain, create joy, and increase pity”

Body Pain Joy Powerful Achieve Divine Masters Speech Increase Pity Smallest Evident Feats

Author:Gorgias

“Man and woman and speech and deed and city and object should be honored with praise if praiseworthy and incur blame if unworthy, for it is an equal error and mistake to blame the praisable and to praise the blamable.”

Ifs Men Should Cities Mistake Objects Equal Speech Men And Women Praise Blame Errors Deeds Honored Unworthy Praiseworthy

Author:Gorgias

“The man who deceives shows more justice than he who does not”

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“He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .”

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Book:The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments

Source: The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments

“Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If Death is, then I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not? Long time men lay oppressed with slavish fear. Religious tyranny did domineer. At length the mighty one of Greece Began to assent the liberty of man.”

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Author:Epicurus

“Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”

“Death is meaningless to the living because they are living, and meaningless to the dead… because they are dead.”

Author:Epicurus

“Pleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and of every aversion, and to it we always come back, inasmuch as we make feeling the rule by which to judge of every good thing.”

Firsts Feelings Choices Pleasure Judging Good Things Starting Very Good Starting Point Aversion Kindred

Author:Epicurus

“It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly. Whenever any one of these is lacking, when, for instance, the man is not able to live wisely, though he lives honorably and justly, it is impossible for him to live a pleasant life.”

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Author:Epicurus

“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

Author:Epicurus