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- Epicurus
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Epicurus
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- Robert Drew HicksDefaultHicks translationPrinted in Robert Drew Hicks, Stoic and Epicurean (1910).A blessed and eternal being has no trouble itself and brings no trouble upon any other being; hence it is exempt from movements of anger and favour, for every such movement implies weakness. Death is nothing to us; for the body, when it has been resolved into…
- Peter Saint-AndreSaint-Andre translationThe 2008 translation of Peter Saint-Andre, which he has generously released into the public domain.That which is blissful and immortal has no troubles itself, nor does it cause trouble for others, so that it is not affected by anger or gratitude (for all such things come about through weakness). Death is nothing to us; for what has disintegrated lacks…
- Hermann UsenerGreek text: Usener editionThe Greek original, as printed in Hermann Usener, ed., Epicurea (1887).Τὸ μακάριον καὶ ἄφθαρτον οὔτε αὐτὸ πράγματα ἔχει οὔτε ἄλλῳ παρέχει· ὥστε οὔτε ὀργαῖς οὔτε χάρισι συνέχεται· ἐν ἀσθενεῖ γὰρ πᾶν τὸ τοιοῦτον. Ὁ θάνατος οὐδὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς· τὸ γὰρ διαλυθὲν ἀναισθητεῖ· τὸ δ’ ἀναισθητοῦν οὐδὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς. Ὅρος τοῦ μεγέθους τῶν ἡδονῶν…
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