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Fate - Coggle Diagram
Fate
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What
the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.
Epicurus
There is a limit in simple living, and he who fails to understand this falls into an error as great as that of the man who give way to extravagance
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if eliminating something caused more pain that it alleviated, what was the point?
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Imagine quenching your thirst with water on a hot day, and then imagine quenching it with any other drink of your choice. It is the quenching that brings the pleasure and the flavour of the liquid really just add variety. moving the pleasure sideways so to speak, rather than greatly increasing it.
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So for eqicurean, you experience pain when you can't satisfy what you want.
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Remove all mental anguish and worry - to this end, Ep teach must not fear death or the gods.
its approach to society, there is a glaring difference with stoicism Focuses mainly in an individual and not society--- live in obscurity or to not draw attention to oneself. so basically one should in general withdraw from taking an active role in society and certainly not engage in politics as such things are likey only to perturb us. it relies on teh world not coming to you..
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It is technically hedenistic - however it is probably more useful to think of it as Tranquillistic.. its principle goal is the elimination of pain, both phyisical and mental and any other active form of pleasure seeking comes second to that.
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In summary
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Stop persuing sources of pain and disquietude ( fame, wealth etc)
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Stoics
pursuing philosophy - but strong notion of civic responsibility, duty and even speaking trth to power, as they driven not by power but by virtuous behaviour itself.. To them tranquillity of mine came second. it is techn