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6/26/2025, 11:44:49 PM
On politics though he did believe you should never kill yourself over some abstract ideal like honor or loyalty to a king. If you do serve, it should be a transactional relationship.

He differed from the Cyrenaics that came before him in that he thought pain of the soul was worse than pain of the flesh and his focus was firstly set on eliminating pain before seeking pleasure.

A nice quote on the previous point:
>The flesh is troubled only by the present, but the soul is troubled by the past and the present and the future.

He believed in virtue, as a thing that generates pleasure for the soul. He went as far as to say you can deprive the body of food and it would still not be as damaging to your Ataraxia as depriving the soul of virtue.

On wealth he thought it's fine if you already have it but you should not go out of your way to pursue it, and if you do end up with a lot of it then you should probably donate it to others because you don't need it to get the Ataraxia flowing.

Also he says at one point that wise men do not write poems? I guess poor Lucretius didn't get the memo that poetry is not Epicurean-pilled.

Ending with another banger quote:
>Moreover, once a man has become wise he can no longer take on the opposite disposition, nor feign it willingly.
"BRO I'M SO FUCKING SMART I CAN'T EVEN PRETEND TO BE STUPID ANYMORE"

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