Epicurus on Freedom and Friendship

Epicurus on Happiness

In Travels with Epicurus, Klein uncovers the simple pleasures that are available late in life, as well as the refined pleasures that only a mature mind can fully appreciate.

On freeing ourselves from the prison of everyday affairs

In Epicurus’s view, true happiness is a bargain, like, say, boiled lentils–or a yogurt dip. In a serene old age, who really feels deprived if he can’t feast on slow-roasted pheasant or, for that matter, the poached salmon with truffles my wife and I dined on just...

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Published on November 09, 2015 21:00
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