Jacob Magri 1st Year‚ Class 1A Contrast the views that both Aristotle and Epicurus hold on pleasure Epicurus tried to find the key of obtaining pleasure‚ so did Aristotle. Although they both have different theories about pleasure‚ they both agreed on the idea that actions aim to obtain pleasures. Pleasure is something that can be defined differently by each individual. Every person have a different idea on how we reach our desires. For Aristotle‚ our pleasures come through
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Epicurus Epicurus is famous for being a ancient Greek Philosopher that created the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. His thoughts of pleasure and pain go much deeper than crying or smiling. He went beyond what others were doing‚ by standing back and watching the bigger picture of what’s morally right and wrong. Epicurus had a goal for human life and it is being happy‚ but happiness comes from absence of physical pain and mental disturbance. What that says is that we put ourselves through
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In Epictetus’ Enchiridion‚ Epictetus claims that people are upset not by the things themselves but by their judgements about the things. This is because people are not in control of what happens to them‚ but they are in control of their own response. Therefore‚ the only things in life worth worrying about are those that are within the individual’s control. Worrying about anything else is destined to end in disappointment or sorrow. Things outside of our control cannot bring us happiness. Possessions
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Review: “The Epictetus Club” Trayler‚ Jeff (2004). The Epictetus Club. Papillion Press‚ OH November 11‚ 09. Based on real events‚ this novel is set in the old Ohio Penitentiary. The metaphors of the institution are realistic. The inmate characters and the names of staff have been changed in this novel. The story begins by tagging a group of inmates who meet weekly under the tutelage of a lifer named Zeno in a group called the Epictetus Club. The inmates try to learn something from the teaching
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need things like wealth‚ but the good life also need something else to bring the happiness in life. Epicurus for once present the world his depiction of a good life in his “Letter to Menoecceus”. The ideas of a good life presented by Epicurus in “Letter to Menoeceus” have many aspects of a good life but all of his views have a common goals‚ which is to live in a pleasure life. According to Epicurus‚ a good life is to live in happiness. The happiness mentioned was not on the state of perfection and
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anxiety. Death is horrifying to people for many reasons such as not knowing what to presume from death‚ they terror the retribution of gods‚ they fear not achieving certain things in life‚ leaving loved ones behind‚ and simply not wanting to die. Epicurus‚ though‚ claimed that we should not fear death because‚ “Death‚ the most frightening of bad things‚ is nothing to us; since when we exist death is not yet present‚ and when death is present‚ then we do not exist” (Letter to Menoeceus‚ 125). His
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For Epicurus behavior in pursuit of pleasure assured to an upright life. Epicurus says that the highest good of human living is happiness. However‚ he identifies happiness with the pursuit of pleasure. Pleasure is the highest good‚ and anything else that is good‚ will be rated by how much pleasure it can bring to that person. Us humans can tell pleasure and pain apart as if we are telling apart hot water from cold water. However‚ we should not only try and look for pleasure‚ and we should not try
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Enchiridion‚” Epictetus argues ideas in which people fail to understand the difference between the things in one has in control and what surrounds them. Perhaps one of the strongest claims that Epictetus gives is that one lacks to distinguishing the two points the external world and the internal world. Epictetus believes that many do not notice what is in more in value and they expect more than what is able to take in control‚ which makes them unhappy. In this paper‚ I will argue that Epictetus argument
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Epictetus’ handbook‚ Enchiridion‚ was compiled by his disciple Arrian and first published in 125 AD. In this writing‚ Epictetus offers Stoic advice on how one can live well given the circumstances within one’s world. Epictetus firmly believes in the strategy of detachment as a means to survive; to not project any intrinsic value onto things outside one’s control and to be dependent on oneself for one’s own happiness. As Dr. Enns mentions in lecture‚ Epictetus proposes coping strategies for one’s
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If Epicurus were alive today I believe he would be wise to advocate his four-part cure for anxiety. I will address how some of his points may seem harder to adhere to today‚ but how they are nonetheless helpful and still widely used to help cope with anxiety. Every person is a reflection of their time. However‚ if born today I believe Epicurus’s four-part cure would at its core still be the same and hold great merit. The First of Epicurus’s four-part cure is‚ “Don’t fear god”. However‚ he lived from
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