Concept Chart

Epicurean Philosophy

Major Concepts - Links To Discussion

⚛ Physics

⚛ Physics: The Nature of the Universe ⚛ Nothing Comes From Nothing or Goes To Nothing ⚛ The Universe Is Eternal, Boundless, And Life-Filled ⚛ The Atomic Swerve and Rejection of Determinism ⚛ Nothing Is Supernatural — There Are No Supernatural Gods Over Nature ⚛ Nothing But Atoms Are Eternal — The Human Soul Is Not Immortal ⚛ Rejection of Reductionist Atomism

📐 Canonics

📐 Canonics: The Nature of Knowledge 📐 All Sensations Are “True” 📐 Knowledge Is Possible 📐 Senses, Feelings, and Anticipations Are Criteria of Knowledge 📐 Embrace of Practical Reason 📐 Priority of Nature Over Reason 📐 Rejection of Dialectical Logic & Skepticism 📐 Rejection of Platonic Idealism & Aristotelian Essences

🌿 Ethics

🌿 Ethics: How To Live 🌿 Pleasure Is Desirable — The Alpha & Omega and Guide of Life 🌿 Pleasure Is Present Where Pain Is Absent 🌿 Mental Pleasures & Pains Can Be More Significant Than Bodily Ones 🌿 Pain Is Manageable 🌿 Pain Should Be Chosen When It Leads to Greater Pleasure / Lesser Pain 🌿 Only This Life — No Afterlife 🌿 Personal Freedom & Proper Attitude Toward Gods & Fate 🌿 Rejection of Absolute Virtue — Embrace of Practical Epicurean Virtues: 🌿Friendship 🌿Courage 🌿Justice 🌿Prudence 🌿Honesty 🌿Gratitude 🌿Benevolence 🌿Confidence 🌿Considerateness 🌿Temperance 🌿Hope For The Future 🌿Living in the Present 🌿Remembering The Past

Epicurean Philosophy
A Chart Of Major Concepts
Epicurean Philosophy...
PHYSICS
Nature of The Universe
PHYSICS...
Nothing From Nothing Or To Nothing
Nothing From N...
CANONICS
Nature of Knowledge
CANONICS...
Priority of Nature Over Reason
Priority of Na...
Rejection of Platonic Idealism and Aristotelian Essences
Rejection of Platonic Idealism and Aristotelian Ess...
Rejection of Dialectical Logic and Skepticism
Rejection of Dialectical Logic and Skepticism
Pleasure Includes All Bodily And Mental Experiences Which Are Not Painful - There Is No Pain Where Pleasure Is Present - and Thus Pleasure Is Present Where Pain Is Absent
Pleasure Includes All Bodily And Men...
Pain Is Manageable - It Is Short If Intense, Endurable If Long, And Terminable By Death.
Pain Is Manageable - It Is Short If...
Mental Pleasures And Pains Can Be More Significant Than Bodily Pleasures And Pains
Mental Pleasures And Pain...
Pain is Undesirable - But Pain Should Be Chosen When Greater Pleasure Or Lesser Pain Results
Pain is Undesirable - But P...
Pleasure Is Desirable - Pleasure Is The Alpha and Omega And Guide Of Life
Pleasure Is Desirable - Pleasure I...
Personal Freedom, Responsibility, And Proper Attitude Toward "The Gods" and "Fate"
Personal Freedom, Responsibility, And Proper Attitu...
Only This Life And This World - No Other World Or Reward Or Punishment After Death
Only This Life And This World - No Other World...
Friendship
Friendship
Prudence
Prudence
Justice
Justice
Courage
Courage
Confidence
Confidence
Honesty
Honesty
Temperance
Temperance
Beneficence
Beneficence
Hope
Hope
Considerateness
Considerateness
Living In Present
Living In Present
Gratitude
Gratitude
Nothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over Nature
Nothing Is Supe...
Eternal - Boundless - Life-Filled Universe
Eternal and Bo...
All Sensations Are "True"
All Sensation...
Embrace of Practical Reason
Embrace of Pra...
There Are Only Two Categories of Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - And Nature Gives Nothing Else By Which To Determine What to Choose and What to Avoid
There Are Only Two Categories of Feeli...
Rejection Of Absolute Virtue, But Embrace Of Practical Virtue As Instrumental For Achieving A Life of Pleasure
Rejection Of Absolute Virtue, But Embrace Of Practical Virtue As Instrumental For Achieving A Life of Pleasure
Atomic Swerve and Rejection of Determinism
Atomic Swerve...
ETHICS - Nature of How To Live
ETHICS - Nature of How To Live
ATOMICS
Nothing Except Atoms And Void Have Eternal and Unchanging Properties. The Atoms Are Constantly In Motion, But Not So Fast That We Cannot Comprehend Truth As To The Nature Of The Universe, Knowledge, and How To Live
ATOMICS...
Pleasure Has A Limit In Quantity That Can Be Experienced, And That Limit Is Reached When All Bodily And Mental Experiences Are Filled With Pleasure And No Pain Is Present
Pleasure Has A Limit In Quantity Tha...
Nothing But Atoms Are Eternal - No Immortal Soul
Nothing But Ato...
Knowledge Is Possible
Knowledge Is P...
Rejection of Reductionist Atomism
Rejection of Atomic Reductionionism
Senses, Feelings, and Anticipations, Are Criteria of Knowledge
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Epicurean Philosophy
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Epicurean Philosophy...
ATOMICS
Nothing Except Atoms And Void Have Eternal and Unchanging Properties. The Atoms Are Constantly In Motion, But Not So Fast That We Cannot Comprehend Truth As To The Nature Of The Universe, Knowledge, and How To Live
ATOMICS...
PHYSICS
Nature of The Universe
PHYSICS...
Nothing From Nothing Or To Nothing
Nothing From N...
Atomic Swerve and Rejection of Determinism
Atomic Swerve...
CANONICS
Nature of Knowledge
CANONICS...
Senses, Feelings, and Anticipations, Are Criteria of Knowledge
Senses, Feelin...
Priority of Nature Over Reason
Priority of Na...
Eternal - Boundless - Life-Filled Universe
Eternal and Bo...
All Sensations Are "True"
All Sensations...
Embrace of Practical Reason
Embrace of Practical Reason
Nothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over Nature
Nothing Is Supernatural - No G...
Nothing But Atoms Are Eternal - No Immortal Soul
Nothing But At...
Knowledge Is Possible
Knowledge Is P...
Rejection of Platonic Idealism and Aristotelian Essences
Rejection of Platonic Idealism...
Rejection of Dialectical Logic and Skepticism
Rejection of Dialectical Logic...
Pain Is Manageable - It Is Short If Intense, Endurable If Long, And Terminable By Death.
Pain Is Managea...
Mental Pleasures And Pains Can Be More Significant Than Bodily Pleasures And Pains
Mental Pleasure...
Pain is Undesirable - But Pain Should Be Chosen When Greater Pleasure Or Lesser Pain Results
Pain is Undesira...
Pleasure Is Desirable - Pleasure Is The Alpha and Omega And Guide Of Life
Pleasure Is Desi...
Pleasure Includes All Bodily And Mental Experiences Which Are Not Painful - There Is No Pain Where Pleasure Is Present - and Thus Pleasure Is Present Where Pain Is Absent
Pleasure Includes All...
There Are Only Two Categories of Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - And Nature Gives Nothing Else By Which To Determine What to Choose and What to Avoid
There Are Only Two Ca...
Pleasure Has A Limit In Quantity That Can Be Experienced, And That Limit Is Reached When All Bodily And Mental Experiences Are Filled With Pleasure And No Pain Is Present
Pleasure Has A Limit In...
Rejection Of Absolute Virtue, But Embrace Of Practical Virtue As Instrumental For Achieving A Life of Pleasure
Rejection Of Absolute Virtue, But Embrace Of Practical Virtue As Inst...
Personal Freedom, Responsibility, And Proper Attitude Toward "The Gods" and "Fate"
Personal Freedom, Responsibility,...
Only This Life And This World - No Other World Or Reward Or Punishment After Death
Only This Life And This World - N...
Friendship
Friendship
Prudence
Prudence
Justice
Justice
Courage
Courage
Confidence
Confidence
Honesty
Honesty
Temperance
Temperance
Beneficence
Beneficence
Hope
Hope
Considerateness
Considerateness
Living In Present
Living In Present
Gratitude
Gratitude
ETHICS - Nature of How To Live
ETHICS - Nature of How To Live
Rejection of Reductionist Atomism
Rejection of...Text is not SVG - cannot display

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