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Letter to Menoeceus - by Epicurus

Nov 6, 2022
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Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus is a summary of the ethical teachings of Epicurean philosophy written in the epistolary literary style, and addressed to a student.

It addresses theology, the hierarchies of desires, how to carry choices and avoidances in order to achieve net pleasure, and other aspects of Epicurean ethics. It is the most important of the three surviving letters of Epicurus. (From Wikipedia.)



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