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Epicuro

Epicurus was a Greek philosopher who founded Epicureanism, teaching that happiness is found through simple pleasures, friendship, and freedom from the fear of death.

Frases de Epicuro

  • Death is nothing to us. For that which is dissolved is without sensation, and which lacks sensation is nothing to us.
    Filosófico
  • Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is friendship.
    Reflexão sobre Amizade
  • He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.
    Reflexão Ética
  • Justice is not something in itself, but a compact neither to harm nor be harmed.
    Filosofia Política
  • The nature of good is pleasure, yet not the pleasure of the profligate, but the absence of pain in the body and trouble in the soul.
    Doutrina Ética
  • We should not envy anyone; for the good do not deserve envy, and the bad, the more they prosper, the more they destroy themselves.
    Moral
  • No pleasure is a bad thing in itself, but the things which produce certain pleasures entail disturbances many times greater than the pleasures themselves.
    Análise Filosófica
  • He who needs the tomorrow least, meets it most gladly.
    Motivacional
  • The limit of pleasure is the removal of all pain.
    Definição
  • He who forgets the good of the past becomes an old man today.
    Reflexão
  • Wealth according to nature is limited and easy to get; wealth according to vain opinions extends to infinity.
    Crítica Social
  • It is a mistake to carry the fear of the gods, for divinity is neither fearsome nor concerned with punishment.
    Filosofia da Religião
  • It is not what we have, but what we enjoy, that constitutes our abundance.
    Reflexão
  • The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom.
    Filosófico
  • The life of the fool is thankless, constantly restless, and always focused on the future.
    Crítica

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