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The Pocket Epicurean

by John Sellars

  • Hardback
  • 64 pages
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • 11 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm

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A short, smart guide to living the good life through the teachings of Epicurus. As long as there has been human life, we've searched for what it means to be happy. More than two thousand years ago, the Greek philosopher Epicurus came to his own conclusion: all we really want in life is pleasure. Though today we tend to associate the word "Epicurean" with indulgence in the form of food and wine, the philosophy of Epicurus was about a life well lived even in the hardest of times. As John Sellars shows in this concise, approachable guide, the ideal life envisioned by Epicurus and his followers was a life much more concerned with mental pleasures and the avoidance of pain. Their goal, in short, was a life of tranquility or contentment. In The Pocket Epicurean Sellars walks us through the history of Epicureanism, starting with the private garden on the edge of ancient Athens where Epicurus and his students lived in the fourth century BC, and where women were as welcome as men. Sellars then moves on to ancient Rome, where Epicurean influence flourished thanks to the poet Lucretius and his cohort. Throughout the book, Sellars draws on the ideas of Epicurus to offer a constructive way of thinking about the pleasures of friendship and our place in the world.
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  • Title

    The Pocket Epicurean

  • Author

    John Sellars

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    University of Chicago Press

  • Published

    March 2022

  • Weight

    182g

  • Page Count

    64

  • Dimensions

    11 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226798646

  • ISBN-10

    022679864X

  • Eden Code

    5554942

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