224. The last day of Epicurus

EPISODE · Oct 24, 2018 · 2 MIN

224. The last day of Epicurus

from Stoic Meditations · host Massimo Pigliucci

Seneca recounts the last, painful day, of the life of the rival philosopher Epicurus, who claimed that even that day he was happy. Which leads us into a discussion of what the Stoics and Epicureans meant by happiness.

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