"Some men wished to become famous and conspicuous, thinking that they would thus win for themselves safety from other men. Wherefore if the life of such men is safe, they have obtained the good which nature craves; but if it is not safe, they do not possess that for which they strove at first by the instinct of nature." Epicurus PD7 (Bailey)
"Whatever you can provide yourself with to secure protection from men is a natural good." Epicurus PD6 (Essential Epicurus - Eugene O'Connor)
"It is not possible to live pleasantly without living prudently, honorably, and justly, [nor again to live a life of prudence, honor, and justice] without living pleasantly. And the man who does not possess the pleasant life is not living prudently, honorably, and justly, [and the man who does not possess the virtuous life] cannot possibly live pleasantly." Epicurus PD5 (Bailey)
"Pain does not last continuously in the flesh, but the acutest pain is there for a very short time, and even that which just exceeds the pleasure in the flesh does not continue for many days at once. But chronic illnesses permit a predominance of pleasure over pain in the flesh." Epicurus PD4 (Bailey)
Bailey: 3. The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful. Wherever pleasure is present, as long as it is there, there is neither pain of body, nor of mind, nor of both at once.
Bailey: 2. Death is nothing to us, for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.
"The blessed and immortal nature knows no trouble itself, nor causes trouble to any other, so that it is never constrained by anger or favor. For all such things exist only in the weak." Epicurus PD1 (Bailey)
14. The most unalloyed source of protection from men, which is secured to some extent by a certain force of expulsion, is in fact the immunity which results from a quiet life, and retirement from the world. (Bailey)
Pleasure is one of the two "feelings" or "internal sensations" in Epicurean philosophy, the other of which is pain. All feelings are considered to be either pleasure or pain. For further discussion see the Lexicon on Epicurean Pleasure.
Non-supernatural beings which are held to exist in the "intermundia" and which do not interfere in the lives of humans. Please see further explanation of the term Epicurean Gods at this link.
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