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Perspective voyage · 4th–3rd century BCE

Epicurus — Desire, sufficiency, and friendship

Does treating pleasure as good mean pursuing more of every pleasure?

The question that moves this idea

What makes a life go well?

Instead of memorizing a conclusion, follow the evidence scenes to see what this perspective distinguishes and where its explanation stops.

Scene 1 / 6Evidence-linked account

Book X of Diogenes Laertius preserves three letters of Epicurus and the Principal Doctrines, while the Letter to Menoeceus offers a concise ethical outline.

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  • Epicurus

    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Locator: Section 1

    Open source

  • Letter to Menoeceus

    Epicurus · Robert Drew Hicks historical English translation; MIT Internet Classics Archive

    Locator: Sections 122–135

    Open source

  • Principal Doctrines

    Epicurus · Robert Drew Hicks historical English translation; MIT Internet Classics Archive

    Locator: Collection structure

    Open source

Time × place

Where the idea met time and place

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250 CE · Later preservation around the 3rd century CE

Book X of Diogenes Laertius preserves the Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines; the preservation context is not turned into Epicurus’s composition place.

Keep the voyage moving

Where should this perspective lead?

Enter the judgment scene

Compare this perspective with three others on the same cases.

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Open the person’s full voyage

Restore the period, works, and places behind the single claim.

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