Epicurean Philosophy A Navigation ChartEpicurean Philosophy...ATOMICSNothing 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 LiveATOMICS...PHYSICSNature of The UniversePHYSICS...Nothing From Nothing Or To NothingNothing From N...Atomic Swerve and Rejection of DeterminismAtomic Swerve...CANONICSNature of KnowledgeCANONICS...Senses, Feelings, and Anticipations, Are Criteria of KnowledgeSenses, Feelin...Priority of Nature Over ReasonPriority of Na...Eternal - Boundless - Life-Filled UniverseEternal and Bo...All Sensations Are "True"All Sensations...Embrace of Practical ReasonEmbrace of Practical ReasonNothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over NatureNothing Is Supernatural - No G...Nothing But Atoms Are Eternal - No Immortal Soul Nothing But At...Knowledge Is PossibleKnowledge Is P...Rejection of Platonic Idealism and Aristotelian EssencesRejection of Platonic Idealism...Rejection of Dialectical Logic and SkepticismRejection 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 PainsMental Pleasure...Pain is Undesirable - But Pain Should Be Chosen When Greater Pleasure Or Lesser Pain ResultsPain is Undesira...Pleasure Is Desirable - Pleasure Is The Alpha and Omega And Guide Of LifePleasure 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 AbsentPleasure 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 AvoidThere 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 PresentPleasure Has A Limit In...Rejection Of Absolute Virtue, But Embrace Of Practical Virtue As Instrumental For Achieving A Life of PleasureRejection 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 DeathOnly This Life And This World - N...FriendshipFriendshipPrudencePrudenceJusticeJusticeCourageCourageConfidenceConfidenceHonestyHonestyTemperanceTemperanceBeneficenceBeneficenceHopeHopeConsideratenessConsideratenessLiving In PresentLiving In PresentGratitudeGratitudeETHICS - Nature of How To LiveETHICS - Nature of How To LiveRejection of Reductionist AtomismRejection of...Text is not SVG - cannot display
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