Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Epicurus

Epicurus (c. 341-270 BCE)

“No pleasure is in itself evil, but the things which produce certain pleasures entail annoyances many times greater than the pleasures themselves.”

  • From Epicurus’ Principal Doctrines (section 8), translated by Eugene Michael O’Connor in The Essential Epicurus (The Big Nest / Interactive Media, 2014).

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