Epicureanism · the Garden · 341–270 BCE
Epicurus
Learning to desire what is enough.
Samos · Lampsacus · Athens
Reading guides
A thread to guide your reading.
Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
When do we have enough?
Read the Letter to Menoeceus by distinguishing needs, pleasures, and fears.
Letter to MenoeceusNature without divine threat
Understand how physics enters a philosophy of happiness.
Letter to HerodotusCan security be shared?
Connect the doctrines about friendship with those about justice and agreements.
Principal Doctrines