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Pleasure, as the aim of life, means the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul

Drawn from what Epicurus said

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: Happiness is the aim, and the question is what it consists of

What Epicurus actually said

  1. Epicurus Founder of Epicureanism (341 to 270 BCE)
    By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul.

    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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