Epicureanism

movement · 2 episodes

208Cynic, Epic, Stoic, Skeptic 21 Oct 2024 5:57¶ 16 “That brings us to the Epicureans, who were similar in some ways. Their solutions were very similar. When Paul was on Mars Hill (Acts…” 6:51¶ 17 “Their take on it was, “We want serenity. We don’t want things to hurt us or trouble us, so the fewest connections, the simpler…” 7:35¶ 20 “They did have some words about the gods. They did not deny that the traditional pagan gods or something like them might exist, but…”

133Of Contracts and Covenants (Part 5) - By What Other Standard? 29 Aug 2022 15:31¶ 41 “Basically, the skeptics said, “We don’t know. We don’t know the world is real. Let’s just do what works and call it a day.”…”