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Letter to Menoeceus

A work by Epicurus

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality, Being content with little is a great good, and those who least need luxury enjoy it most, Pleasure, as the aim of life, means the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul …

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Key facts

Edition korrents quotes
tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 19252
Claims on korrents
61

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Being content with little is a great good, and those who least need luxury enjoy it most (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Pleasure, as the aim of life, means the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul (opens korrents.com)1

  4. A pleasant life is impossible without living wisely, well and justly, and living that way is impossible without living pleasantly (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Natural wealth is limited and easy to get, while the wealth of vain fancies recedes without end (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Of everything wisdom provides for a happy life, by far the most important is gaining friends (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

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  • Epicurus

Sources

  1. Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) (en.wikisource.org) (opens en.wikisource.org)

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