The Tetrapharmakos is a four-part remedy crafted by ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus to ease life’s anxieties and heal the ...

7 Discussions of altruistic friendship figure prominently in Epicurean ethical theory. At first glance, this is rather surprising. In view of the strength of Epicurus’ commitments to hedonism and ...

“By pleasure,” he insisted, “we mean the absence of pain in the body and trouble in the soul.” A troubled soul, Epicurus believed, had two main causes: fear of death, and runaway desire. He tried to ...

The contributors also explore the views of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato and Epicurus on topics related to the philosophy of death, and questions in normative ethics, such as what ...

Both Epicurus and Job accept that suffering is, in many ways, a defining feature of human life. Suffering forces us to confront the most essential questions of existence: Why do we exist? Why are we ...