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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Epicureanism''' β The philosophy that the highest good is pleasure, specifically mental peace and freedom from fear. * '''Ataraxia''' β A state of serene calmness and freedom from anxiety. * '''Aponia''' β The absence of physical pain. * '''Atomism''' β The Epicurean belief (inherited from Democritus) that the world is made of tiny, indivisible particles called atoms moving in a void. * '''The Tetrapharmakos''' β The "Four-Part Cure" for a happy life: Don't fear God, Don't worry about death, What is good is easy to get, What is terrible is easy to endure. * '''The Garden''' β The school founded by Epicurus in Athens, famous for welcoming women and slaves as equals. * '''Static Pleasure''' β The steady state of being "full" and "content" (The goal). * '''Kinetic Pleasure''' β The "jolt" of excitement from eating or sex (Good, but leads to craving and pain). * '''Empiricism''' β The belief that all knowledge comes from the senses. * '''Lucretius''' β The Roman poet whose work 'De Rerum Natura' (On the Nature of Things) is the main source of Epicurean science. * '''The 'Swerve' (Clinamen)''' β The idea that atoms occasionally move randomly, which Epicurus used to explain "Free Will." * '''Prudence (Phronesis)''' β The virtue of making wise choices about which pleasures to seek and which to avoid. </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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