Epicurus

The Philosophy Archive Dialogues · Oct 12, 2026 · 34m

Imagine a world where the old gods no longer reassure you, where the city’s walls crack, and old promises of order sound hollow. This is not a myth—it’s the world Epicurus was born into. What does a person do when the stage for greatness collapses, and fear seeps into every corner of life?In the late fourth century before the common era, the Greek world was changing fast, and not for the better. Epicurus entered history on the island of Samos in three forty-one before the common era, the son of Neocles, a colonist, and Chaerestrate, a woman grounded in local rituals and daily anxieties…