Glück und Lust bei Epikur · Brief an Menoikeus

📍 My course ⇢ https://edu.dajolens.de 💌 My newsletter ⇢ https://dajolens.de/newsletter 🎧 My podcast ⇢ https://open.spotify.com/show/0eTbwct... Read the post on the blog: https://wp.me/p9gIES-jH Hi! This post is about happiness and pleasure in Epicurus. He was a Greek philosopher who lived from approximately 340 to 270 BC, which brings us back to antiquity. After Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, Epicurus is also a major figure in ancient philosophy and continues to make waves with his ideas – the topic of pleasure – to this day. The school of thought based on his teachings is Epicureanism. On the difference between Epicureanism, hedonism, and stoicism:    • Epikureismus, Hedonismus, Stoizismus · Unt...   The geographical center of Epicurus's reflections on happiness and pleasure was his garden. There, he sympathetically and contrary to common custom, welcomed enslaved people and women. The fact that some of them were hetaerae—female prostitutes in antiquity—may have contributed to the rumor that Epicurus held orgies in his garden, which would fit with his concept of pleasure. But this very concept of pleasure in Epicurus has often been misunderstood, which contributes somewhat to his enduring fame. More on this in the article. Book recommendations: Epicurus: Philosophy of Joy, https://amzn.to/2pkS03d Epicurus: On Happiness, https://amzn.to/2pljt4R Epicurus: Letters, Sayings, and Fragments, https://amzn.to/345ZHJn Further articles: The Socratic Method:    • Die sokratische Methode · Platons Dialoge ...   The Platonic Ideas:    • Die platonischen Ideen · Platons Ideenlehr...   Aristotelian Metaphysics:    • Aristoteles und Metaphysik · Kritik an Pla...   Facebook:   / blogvombleiben   Instagram:   / herrvombleiben   Twitter:   / blogvombleiben   Images in this article partly from Unsplash | https://unsplash.com/ including Carlita Benazito (@carlita_oleee), Charles (@charlesdeluvio), Freshh Connection (@freshhconnection), Toa Heftiba (@heftiba), Debby Hudson (@dhudson_creative), Christopher Jolly (@chris_jolly), Lefteris kallergis (@lefterisk), Ian Keefe (@iankeefe), Jade Masri (@jademasri), Sharon McCutcheon (@sharonmccutcheon), Greg Rakozy (@grakozy), Annie Spratt (@anniespratt), Aarón Blanco Tejedor (@healing_photographer), Hoan Vo (@hoanvokim) ⇢ #Happiness #Lust #Epicurus _______________________ Technology and hardware used in this video: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, https://amzn.to/2YkcxFu Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM, https://amzn.to/2YCTIZH Manfrotto 190XB tripod, https://amzn.to/2YEvPVk Control monitor Lilliput A7s, https://amzn.to/2Ywh576 ZOOM H4n Mobile Phone Recorder, https://amzn.to/2YiuNiG Rode NTG-3, https://amzn.to/2YB80xN Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Photoshop CC