Carta a Meneceo

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Letter_to_Menoeceus
gptkbp:author gptkb:Epicurus
gptkbp:dateWritten 4th century BCE
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Carta a Meneceo
gptkbp:influenced Western philosophy
Enlightenment thinkers
gptkbp:length short letter
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:partOf Epicurus' extant letters
gptkbp:philosophicalSchool gptkb:Epicureanism
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Diogenes_Laƫrtius,_Lives_and_Opinions_of_Eminent_Philosophers
gptkbp:recipient Meneceus
gptkbp:status survives in full
gptkbp:teaches death is nothing to us
gods are not to be feared
the absence of pain (aponia) as pleasure
the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
gptkbp:topic death
ethics
fear
happiness
pleasure
gods
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Epicuro
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7