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@ TELEGRAM: EPICURUS WAS AN ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER AND SAGE WHO FOUNDED EPICUREANISM, A HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. EPICURUS AND HIS FOLLOWERS WERE KNOWN FOR EATING SIMPLE MEALS AND DISCUSSING A WIDE RANGE OF PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS. FOR EPICURUS, THE PURPOSE OF PHILOSOPHY WAS TO HELP PEOPLE ATTAIN A HAPPY (EUDAIMONIC), TRANQUIL LIFE CHARACTERIZED BY ATARAXIA (PEACE AND FREEDOM FROM FEAR) AND APONIA (THE ABSENCE OF PAIN). LIKE ARISTOTLE, EPICURUS WAS AN EMPIRICIST, MEANING HE BELIEVED THAT THE SENSES ARE THE ONLY RELIABLE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WORLD. HE DERIVED MUCH OF HIS PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY FROM THE EARLIER PHILOSOPHER DEMOCRITUS. LIKE DEMOCRITUS, EPICURUS TAUGHT THAT THE UNIVERSE IS INFINITE AND ETERNAL AND THAT ALL MATTER IS MADE UP OF EXTREMELY TINY, INVISIBLE PARTICLES KNOWN AS ATOMS. ALL OCCURRENCES IN THE NATURAL WORLD ARE ULTIMATELY THE RESULT OF ATOMS MOVING AND INTERACTING IN EMPTY SPACE. EPICURUS DEVIATED FROM DEMOCRITUS BY PROPOSING THE IDEA OF ATOMIC “SWERVE“, WHICH HOLDS THAT ATOMS MAY DEVIATE FROM THEIR EXPECTED COURSE, THUS PERMITTING HUMANS TO POSSESS FREE WILL IN AN OTHERWISE DETERMINISTIC UNIVERSE. #epicurus #epistemology #ethics #physics #theology #politics #historyandphilosophy #epicureanism #hellenisticphilosophy #innabesedina #westernphilosophy #aponia #ataraxia #education #philosophy #knowledge #studying #selfgrowth #philosophicalthoughts #thoughts #smart #interesting #interestingthoughts #smartthoughts #smart #cleverthoughts #knowledge #universe #ancientsocialphilosophy #educationalvideo #educational #philosophicalquotes #philosophicalreflections MANY IMAGES IN THIS VIDEO ARE IMAGES IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. I USE TO THESE IMAGES FOR VIDEOS. THIS VIDEO CONTAINS PHRASES / QUOTES BY EPICURUS. 00:00 EPICURUS 02:09 EPISTEMOLOGY 03:16 ETHICS 04:33 PHYSICS 05:34 THEOLOGY 06:08 POLITICS
