Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus
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Statements (25)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Epicurus
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| gptkbp:dateWritten |
4th century BCE
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| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:philosophy
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus
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| gptkbp:influenced |
later Hellenistic philosophy
modern secular ethics |
| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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| gptkbp:notableQuote |
Death is nothing to us
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily |
| gptkbp:philosophicalSchool |
gptkb:Epicureanism
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| gptkbp:preservedIn |
gptkb:Diogenes_Laertius'_Lives_and_Opinions_of_Eminent_Philosophers
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| gptkbp:recipient |
gptkb:Menoeceus
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| gptkbp:survivesIn |
gptkb:manuscript
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| gptkbp:teaches |
the absence of pain as the highest good
the importance of prudence the non-interference of gods in human affairs the pursuit of simple pleasures |
| gptkbp:topic |
death
ethics happiness pleasure gods |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek_philosophy
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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