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    Epicureanism was a philosophy founded by Epicurus in the 4th century BC that focused on achieving happiness through balancing pleasures and eliminating fears of death and the gods. Epicureans sought to avoid both physical and mental pain by living simply and avoiding excessive luxuries. For Epicurus, happiness resulted from satisfying natural needs and desires while abstaining from unnecessary indulgences that cause pain.

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    Epicureanism was a philosophy founded by Epicurus in the 4th century BC that focused on achieving happiness through balancing pleasures and eliminating fears of death and the gods. Epicureans sought to avoid both physical and mental pain by living simply and avoiding excessive luxuries. For Epicurus, happiness resulted from satisfying natural needs and desires while abstaining from unnecessary indulgences that cause pain.

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    EPICUREISM

    BY: ANA MARÍA BALLESTEROS, MARIA JOSÉ DIAZ, SARA


    SANDOVAL, MIACOLMENARES Y GABRIELA MARTINEZ.

    The epicureism had


    as purpose mainly
    MAIN PURPOSE: the constant look of
    happiness.from the
    balance of pleasures
    and the elimination
    of fears caused by
    ideas such as
    destiny, the gods or
    death

    Epicurus, its creator, was


    born in Athens in the 4th
    century BC. of C. he is WHEN
    recognized to have
    developed an ethics of
    pleasure, which held that the
    goal of a happy life consisted
    in the absence of both
    physical and moral pain.

    According to Epicureanism,
    the principle of human
    ACCORDING existence lies in the well-
    being of the body and the
    TOO.. mind, for which the
    individual had to use
    ataraxia, which was nothing
    more than the perfect
    balance between the two.

    LFollowers of
    Epicureanism were known
    as Epicureans. Epicureans
    had to avoid pain and
    disturbances, as well as EPICUREANS.
    excessive luxuries and
    comforts in order to lead a
    life in harmony and enjoy
    peace.

    For Epicurus, both pleasures


    and sufferings were caused by
    the satisfaction or the
    ONLY impediment of the satisfaction
    of appetites, which he
    HAPPINESS? considered could be of three
    types: natural and necessary,
    natural but not necessary,
    neither natural nor necessary,
    and non-natural. natural but
    necessa

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