Epicureanist Pleasure, Hedonism and Good Life

Introduction 2
Happiness and Good Life in Epicureanism 2
Epicureanism: A General Glance 2
A Deeper Look 3
Bibliography 13


Introduction

The Hellenistic Age was a period of dislocation, a senselessness of the public order having resulted from the conquest of Greece by Alexander The Great who thus took over all the Greek ctiy-states and in a sense made their citizens alienated from their native societies. From this moment onwards many attempts were done to place the individual in a sensible role in the world that philosophies of self-sufficiency were some of the most significant ones. It was Cynicism, Epicureanism and Gnostic Religions which defended this self-sufficiency notion for all of them suggested to an extent a withdrawal from the community and reach self-sufficiency. Among them, I’ve found interesting to study Epicureanism since they are thought to have contributed the materialism of our age, being mostly favoured. Yet, it has been subject to lo...