CAS CL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Epicureanism, Stoicism, Ataraxia
2 Nov 2016
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Philosophy and philosophers: origins, epicureanism, stoicism, cynicism. Follows the teachings if epicurus (cid:858)the garde(cid:374)(cid:859: would tea(cid:272)h i(cid:374) (cid:858)the garde(cid:374)(cid:859) a(cid:374)d it (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e a (cid:449)a(cid:455) of des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)i(cid:374)g epi(cid:272)urea(cid:374)is(cid:373). (cid:862)i(cid:373) a (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er of the garde(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s he(cid:859)s a follo(cid:449)er. The highest good is pleasure / ataraxia: defi(cid:374)e pleasure spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272)all(cid:455) to atara(cid:454)ia, (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g u(cid:374)distur(cid:271)ed, la(cid:272)k of distress. It(cid:859)s the absence of bodily or mental pain: epicureans says love is not worth it because it cause you much more pain than it does pleasure. Live unnoticed: best life is not involved in politics, but when people unnoticed you. But romans believe in public and social role, and the(cid:455) did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t their o(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:455)outh to just go off to the gardens. Atoms: everything is made of atoms, even souls and sight. (cid:862)made of so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g(cid:863, atomic theory: First principle: nothing can be created out of nothing. Second principle: nothing is dissolved into nothing. No organized religion: not necessarily atheist.
