Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Ron. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”, “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”, “Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as true or to believe in them.”, “Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me.”, “It is that we are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object or its love.”, “Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”, “I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”, “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”, “Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. If you enjoy doing what you’re doing, it would seem to be fine. He never left Epicurus except once for six months spent on a visit to his native land. This post is in celebration of “the Men”–the Founders of Epicurean Philosophy Epicurus of Samos, and his ambassadors Metrodorus of Lampsachus, Hermarchus of Mytilene, and Polyaenus of Lampsachus. So these are Epicurus’ ambassadors: Hermarchus the loyal friend, Metrodorus the administrator, and Polyaenus the eloquent social butterfly. Hiram. The best guesses so far have been that they would use radio waves, and that they would choose a frequency based on ‘universal’ knowledge—for instance, the 1420 MHz hydrogen frequency. I know more than one retiree who is “lost” as a result of no longer having to work for a living. Hiram. Mike. Many of us have had bad habits, many of us evil propensities, violent passions. Plain fare gives as much pleasure as a costly diet, when one the pain of want has been removed, while bread an water confer the highest possible pleasure when they are brought to hungry lips.
Metrodorus’ ethical focus is on making sure that we are secure and have control over our lives, our space, and our circumstances. In many cases, fame and status create much trouble. Concerning the upper limit of the natural measure of wealth, the founders submit the following concerns to our consideration in our choices and avoidances: The love of money, if unjustly gained, is impious, and, if justly gained, is shameful; for it is unseemly to be parsimonious even with justice on one’s side. Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are disputed.”, “Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin, more even than death. ”, “People love to admit they have bad handwriting or that they can't do math.