korrents

Our readingWhat is a korrent?

Being content with little is a great good, and those who least need luxury enjoy it most

Drawn from what Epicurus said

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: Wanting less and living simply make a person richer than earning more

What Epicurus actually said

  1. Epicurus Founder of Epicureanism (341 to 270 BCE)
    Again, we regard independence of outward things as a great good, not so as in all cases to use little, but so as to be contented with little if we have not much, being honestly persuaded that they have the sweetest enjoyment of luxury who stand least in need of it, and that whatever is natural is easily procured and only the vain and worthless hard to win.

    Where this was said

    ↗Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925)en.wikisource.org

    c. 341–270 BCE

    All 6 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd

Added to korrents 3 Oct 2026 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

I hold this too

Related korrents

Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.

See this claim on the map