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The Epicureans: A Philosophy of Pleasure in a Turbulent Age
In Episode 15 of The History of Greece, Lucas and Luna turn from the Stoics to their great rivals: the Epicureans. Who was Epicurus, and why did he teach that pleasure—understood as the absence of pain and fear—was the highest good? They explore the Garden school in Athens, Epicurus's atomic materialism borrowed from Democritus, and his controversial view that the gods take no interest in human affairs. The conversation covers Epicurean physics, ethics, and the famous Tetrapharmakos or 'four-part cure' for anxiety. They also discuss how Epicureanism spread through the…
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