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Of everything wisdom provides for a happy life, by far the most important is gaining friends

Drawn from what Epicurus said

Subjecthappiness
What this subject means

happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: Love and other people are at the centre of it

What Epicurus actually said

  1. Epicurus Founder of Epicureanism (341 to 270 BCE)
    Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

    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

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