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Epicurus (341 – 270) &

Epicurus (341 – 270) &. HEDONISM. Like all Greeks… Always look for the GOOD. The Basic Premise:. “Pleasure is the SOLE good.” “Pleasure is the ABSENCE of pain.” (negative definition) “Pleasure is the beginning and the end of a blessed life.”.

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Epicurus (341 – 270) &

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  1. Epicurus (341 – 270) & HEDONISM

  2. Like all Greeks… Always look for the GOOD

  3. The Basic Premise: “Pleasure is the SOLE good.” “Pleasure is the ABSENCE of pain.” (negative definition) “Pleasure is the beginning and the end of a blessed life.”

  4. “No act should be undertaken except for the PLEASURE in which it results… & …no act should be rejected except for the PAIN it produces”

  5. What are the different kinds of pleasure?

  6. Different Kinds of Pleasure: • Natural Desires – Necessary food, sleep, etc. Unnecessary sex, money, rock & roll, etc. • Vain Desires – wealth, fame, exotic food, decorative clothing

  7. Necessary Desires – a must – result in max. pleasure little pain • Vain Desires – not a must – not easy to satisfy no natural limits become obsessive lead to painful consequences

  8. + SEX

  9. NATURAL INTENSE PLEASURE INVOLVES RELATIONSHIPS WHICH BRING MORE PAIN THAN PLEASURE

  10. Epicurus believed in traditional Greek values • beauty, honesty, prudence, honor, justice, courage • WHY? they led to intense pleasure & little pain

  11. How Is This Different Than Modern Hedonism??? • MODERATION ALWAYS WHY? • EPICUREAN HEDONISM VERY DISCIPLINED PHILOSOPHY WHY?

  12. Negative Definition: • “Pleasure is the absence of pain. Taken to its logical conclusion… • …the absence of life is better than any life at all.”

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