Epicurus was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece between 341 BC and 270 BC and is credited with establishing the branch of philosophy which is known as Epicureanism all over the world. Epicurus studied the subject of philosophy under the tutelage of Pamphilus, who was an expert on the Platonist school of philosophy and eventually he went to Athens in order to serve the military. After the completion of military service, Epicurus taught for some time before going on to establish a school of philosophy named The Garden. He completed a total of 300 works in the form of notes and letters, but not many of those have survived the course of time but his philosophical ideas have been immortalised in the annals of the subject of philosophy and he is rightly regarded as one of the stalwarts of the subject in the ancient world. Some of the best known examples of Epicureanism include the concepts of ‘moving pleasures’ and ‘static pleasures’; which are now studied extensively by students of philosophy all over the world. Needless to say, a philosopher like Epicurus who went on to establish his own school of philosophy also left behind a veritable collection of profound quotes and here are the most famous one that would certainly appeal to anyone.
Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.
The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
Epicurus
He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.
We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
Epicurus
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
Epicurus
Don't fear the gods,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure.
Epicurus
To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
Epicurus
If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another
The purpose of all knowledge, metaphysical as well as scientific, is to achieve what Epicurus called ataraxia, freedom from irrational fears and anxieties of all sorts—in brief, peace of mind.
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.
Epicurus
We must exercise ourselves in thte things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
Epicurus
Haec ego non multis, sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus.
Two of Epicurus’s early influences, Democritus and Pyrrho, had actually journeyed all the way to what is now India, where they had encountered Buddhism in the schools of the gymnosophists
Epicurus
The man who says that all events are necessitated has no ground for critizing the man who says that not all events are necessitated. For according to him this is itself a necessitated event.
We must laugh and philosophize and manage our households and look after our other affairs all at the same time, and never stop proclaiming the words of the true philosophy.
The opinions held by most people about the gods are not true conceptions of them but fallacious notions, according to which awful penalties are meted out to the evil and the greatest of blessings to the good.
Epicurus
How unhappy are the lives of men! How purblind their hearts!
Epicurus
No es posible vivir feliz si no se lleva una vida bella,
justa y virtuosa, ni llevar una vida bella, justa
y virtuosa sin ser feliz.
Epicurus
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
Epicurus
Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
Epicurus
We need to set our affections on one good man and keep him constantly before our eyes, so that we may live as if he were watching us and do everything as if he saw what we were doing.
27. Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of firends.
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, sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other. )
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