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PLEASURE: An Epicurean Guide to the Good Life
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Why Do the Stoics Even Want Friends?
The Stoics thought that if you're truly ascetic,you don't fundamentally need other people. The number of people who report having a friend like that is very small. Epicureans think that one reason we have friends is that they help us feel secure. And the British government has a minister of loneliness.
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