Epicureanism
The goal of life is pleasure understood as peace of mind and freedom from pain
Key ideas
- The highest good is tranquillity (ataraxia), not luxury
- Death is nothing to fear: "where death is, we are not"
- The world is made of atoms; the gods do not meddle in human affairs
- Friendship is one of the greatest goods
Key thinkers
- Epicurus (founder) — ancient Greek philosopher, 341 BC–270 BC
Grew out of
- Ancient atomism c. 440 BC – 370 BC · Europe
Meanwhile elsewhere
- Confucianism Asia
- Buddhist philosophy Asia
- Mohism Asia
- Taoism Asia
- Legalism Asia
- Nyaya Asia
- Patristics Africa
- Madhyamaka Asia
- Yogachara Asia