Epicurus - from Plato's Podcasts, by Mark Vernon

Epicurus's philosophy in a minute, by Mark Vernon, author of the book Plato's Podcasts: The Ancients' Guide to Modern Living (Oneworld)

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• Epicurus
• Philosophy
• Hedonism
• Epicureanism
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[MrTerryKay]

Pleasure in the small things. Very true. Throw away your Nintendo DS, your X-Box, your iPod, your Plasma TV and buy a bike, a book and a ball. Take a look at the leaves. Listen to birds speaking. We don't need mass marketed electronic psuedo worlds to light our muse of fire.

A simple Slinky on an elevator is everlasting fun.

[lemonlorry]

I find studying Epicurus is an excellent way to pull yourself out of the depressing (though eye-opening) work of Nietzsche.

[Hoobifta]

Ehehehehehehehe I remember eating few olives and drinking wine and being in a park myself, reading a book, getting rid of the other pleasures contrary to that, and wearing shabby clothes, I'm an Epicurean, and philosophy is king! I win I tell you, take that, O disabled people who don't talk about philosophy! XD

[qaplatlhinganmaH]

Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelt Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE