Robed figures pass to and fro along the paths, stopping now and then to engage one another in pleasant conversation on science, philosophy, and art.
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Imagine if you will a lush garden full of fresh fruits and vegetables. For Epicurus, the most pleasant life is one where we abstain from unnecessary desires and achieve an inner tranquility ( ataraxia) by being content with simple things, and by choosing the pleasure of philosophical conversation with friends over the pursuit of physical pleasures like food, drink, and sex Epicurus – A Little Background As we shall see, however, his view of pleasure is far from the stereotypical one. In ethics he is famous for propounding the theory of hedonism, which holds that pleasure is the only intrinsic value. He argued that we should only proportion belief to empirical evidence and logic, and he propounded the scientific view of atomism, according to which all facts in the macroscopic world are caused by the configuration of atoms or indivisible elements in the microscopic world.
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