hat is considered a good life? Herodotus and Epicurus presents readers there depiction of a good life in their works‚ Persian Wars and “Letter to a Friend‚” respectively. The ideas of a good life presented by Herodotus in Persian Wars and by Epicurus in “Letter to a Friend” both share identical aspects of a good life‚ but at the same time both works are distinct from one another. One similarity between the two writers’ idea of a good life is that one must have respect for the divine whether it be
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THE WORLD OF IDEAS Empedocles and Democritus - believes that although in the natural world everything ‘flows’‚ there must be ‘something’ that never changes (the ‘four roots [Empedocles] or the ‘atoms’ [Democritus]) Plato - Believed that everything tangible in nature ‘flows’. - That there are no ‘substance’ that do not dissolve. - Said that‚ “Everything that belongs to the ‘material world’ is made of a material that time can erode‚ but everything is made after a timeless
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Oxygen (1770s) [pic] British educator and philosopher Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804) discovered oxygen in experiments‚ isolated the gas‚ and described its function in combustion and respiration. He also invented soda or carbonated water by dissolving fixed air with water. Unaware of the significance of his discoveries and because of his stubborn refusal to abandon the phlogiston theory‚ he named the new gas “dephlogisticated air.” However‚ it would be the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743
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that there is nothing after death‚ therefore‚ people have no reason to fear it. It is important to note not how he counters religion‚ but how he bases it upon his own ideas of atomism. Lucretius argues that the whole of the human body‚ mind and physique‚ are created from specific kinds of atoms. A principle idea of atomism is that the atoms people are comprised of provide the basis for the human senses‚ such as taste‚ smell‚ touch‚ etc. Lucretius states that the soul is comprised of four distinct
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May it be from old age‚ sickness‚ violence etc. death is a state of affairs that is inescapable. Stephen Rosenbaum‚ a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas‚ writes the essay “How to Be Dead and Not care” where he introduces Epicurus’ argument‚ defends and explicates it while also incorporating an American philosopher Thomas Nagel‚ objections to the argument. Evidently Rosenbaum’s essay serves as an insight for readers to learn how to value and repurpose their lives to be better
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A Platonist Assessment of the Epicurean’s view of the Good Life Epicurus developed a philosophy with human happiness as its goal. In his view‚ all humans desire to be happy. Sadly‚ humans are not very proficient at determining what will make them genuinely happy. Epicurus thought that all one really needs to be happy is to live a self-sufficient life without pain‚ surrounded by loving friends while not fearing God and/or death‚ in a peaceful society. Plato‚ on the other hand‚ believed that a person’s
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the Stoics. But there were ideas that Epicurus and Epictetus believed in that led me to criticize both philosophies‚ the Epicurean views about injustice and death and the Stoic view of duty in particular. One of the first criticisms I noticed when reading Epicurus was his view of injustice. Epicureans value pleasure above all; in fact‚ they spend their lives avoiding pain at all times. Epicureans believe that pleasure and virtue are intertwined. Epicurus stated‚ "virtues are natural adjuncts
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What are the triangular indentations used for the script of the Sumerians called?[pic] Cuneiform[pic] Who was Gilgamesh‚ and which city did he rule?[pic] Gilgamesh was the King of Uruk. His reputation inspired the Epic of Gilgamesh/5th king of Uruk(2500 BC)‚ reigned 126 yrs/lugal “big man”(leader) wealthy young man‚ warrior [pic]Which technologies were used by the earliest Western civilizations? [pic] Stone‚ wood‚ leather‚ and fibers[pic]/ 1st appearance of tools (bone‚ wood
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Christianity so that his father could pursue his career as a lawyer in the face of Prussia’s anti-Jewish laws. A precocious schoolchild‚ Marx studied law in Bonn and Berlin‚ and then wrote a PhD thesis in Philosophy‚ comparing the views of Democritus and Epicurus. On completion of his doctorate in 1841 Marx hoped for an academic job‚ but he had already fallen in with too radical a group of thinkers and there was no real prospect. Turning to journalism‚ Marx rapidly became involved in political and
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death is a state of non existence‚ with no consciousness. The soul is material and dies with a person. Epicurus as an empiricist‚ he made use of his senses to form judgements about the world around him. "Get used to believing that death is nothing to us. For all good and bad consists in sense experience‚ and death is the privation of sense experience.” Epicurus contends that the nature of death is that of annihilation. The living cannot experience annihilation‚ since experiencing
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