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Epicurus: The Ancient Root

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Epicurus taught that pleasure is the beginning and the end of the happy life — and meant by pleasure freedom from pain in body and turmoil in soul.

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The caricature is banquets; the letter prescribes bread, water, friends, and an untroubled mind. Epicurean pleasure is quiet, not loud.

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