The Bitch And Epicurus

Here is some of the English language I've mastered... the philosophy of Epicurus...

"Epicurus believed that the greatest good was to seek modest pleasures in order to attain a state of tranquility and freedom from fear (ataraxia) as well as absence of bodily pain (aponia) through knowledge of the workings of the world and the limits of our desires. The combination of these two states is supposed to constitute happiness in its highest form. Although Epicureanism is a form of hedonism, insofar as it declares pleasure as the sole intrinsic good, its conception of absence of pain as the greatest pleasure and its advocacy of a simple life make it quite different from "hedonism" as it is commonly understood" [source: Wikipedia]

Suffice to say that there is a fine art to eating the lamb liver porridge, the parsley, the ricotta, and leaving the blueberries in the bowl!

Mingus, the devout

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