1. Epicureanism

2. Diogenes

4. Samos

6. Modern Samos

7. The Garden

8. Epicurus taught that the less demands we make, the less money we need, the more we are likely to enjoy the simple blessings of a life of appreciation, rather than a life of acquisition.

9. Pleasure, he said, is the beginning and the end of the blessed life.

10. Epicureanism sees that people torture themselves with unnecessary fears.

12. Epicurus felt the source of our two basic fears, of the gods and of death, to be religion.

13. Democritus Atomism is the theory that all the objects in the universe are composed of very small, indestructible particles. The word atomism derives from the ancient Greek word atomos which means "that which cannot be cut into smaller pieces."

14. Piety, then, is not a matter of getting in good with the gods, but of right thinking.

15. Right thinking is manifested in living a simple life of affection among friends and in having as few desires as possible.

16. Summary Lucretius was the most famous Roman disciple of Epicurus. Lucretius poem “On the Nature of Things” is a primary source of information on Epicureanism.

17. Epicureanism is not a heroic philosophy

18. Epicureanism is not a heroic philosophy. Epicureanism was too “atheistic” to become a popular movement.

19. Epicureanism is not a heroic philosophy. Epicureanism was too “atheistic” to become a popular movement. Perhaps Epicureanism is not a complete philosophy, but it is a way to glimpse a group of people trying to find a peaceful and serene way of life in a rapidly changing world.