This dissertation aims to make clear just how Epicurus developed his arguments by pointing ataraxia as the purpose of life. Few works of Epicurus remained: three letters (Letter to Herodotus, Letter to Pythocles, Letter ...

This work presents an interpretation of Epicurus’ philosophy from the way of life that Epicurean assumes, the major mark of the doctrine. Given that the uniqueness of a project of wisdom is its fundamental characteristic, ...

If our knowledge of Epicurean philosophy depended exclusively upon the information conveyed by their adversaries, we would be practically unaware of the political component of the Epicurean study of nature (φυσιολογία), ...