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Epicurean Philosophy

Physics ＋ Canonics ⟶ Ethics

⚛ Physics: The Nature of the Universe

⚛Nothing Comes From Nothing or Goes To Nothing.⚛The Universe Is Infinite In Size And Eternal In Time And Has No Gods Over It.⚛The Nature of Gods (Divinity) Is Incorruptible And Blessed.⚛Death Is Nothing To Us.⚛There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity.

📐 Canonics: How To Know What Is True

📐He Who Says Nothing Can Be Known Knows Nothing.📐All Sensations Are “True.”📐The Criteria of Truth Are The Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings.📐Dialectical Logic And Radical Skepticism Are To Be Rejected As Tools Of Truth.📐Platonic Ideal Forms, Aristotelian Essences, And Divine Revelation Are False Guides To Truth.

🌿 Ethics: How To Live

🌿Happiness Is the Goal of Life. A Life Of Happiness Is A Life In Which Pleasure Predominates Over Pain.🌿Pleasure - Not Tranquility Or Total Absence of Pain - Is The Guide of Life And The Greatest Good.🌿By Pleasure We Mean All Experience That Is Not Painful.🌿Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation.🌿Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time.