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55: Epicurus

The Nietzsche Podcast

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Epicurean Pursuits Are a Great Good

Epicurus thinks we should sort of compare the fruits of what these pursuits bring to us. He is convinced that those who least need extravagance enjoy it most. Epicurean philosophy orients itself around creating the greatest happiness for oneself but concludes that the pursuit of vices is actually inimical to that type of happiness like the monks in the Buddhist scriptures.

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