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date: '2023-09-11'
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title: Epicurus's Hedonism and Materialism
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# Materialism

- made of atoms

# Central role of chance

# Denial of afterlife

- believes in gods and souls, but souls are _material of thing_
- souls dies once the body dies

# Hedonism

- pleasure as the highest good

Q:

- Why is pleasure the highest good?
- Which pleasures should we choose?
- Agree?

Pleasure - Pain
(good) (bad)

Blessed life <span>&rArr;</span> healthy body <span>&rArr;</span> undisturbed soul lead to pleasure

```
Endure pain for greater pleasure
```

Kinetic vs. Katastematic pleasure
object dependent vs. object independent