The Five Great Philosophies of Life
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The Five Great Philosophies of Life discusses the esteem for Epicurus's doctrines, personal reverence for his character and extravagant expectations of what his philosophy would accomplish. The discussion introduces sentences from the opening of the third book of Lucretius, addressed to Epicurus, as illustrations of those attitudes. The quoted speaker follows the teacher's footsteps through love and a wish to imitate him rather than a desire to rival him.
The discussion compares a life devoted to the undiscriminating enjoyment of every kind of pleasure with democracy in the state. A quoted description calls democracy accommodating and varied while saying that democracy dispenses equality to equals and unequals alike. The discussion argues that a man earnestly desiring to resemble Christ and carry out Christ's Spirit can always do what he most desires.
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- William De Witt Hyde
- Pages
- 132
- Language
- English
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- Philosophy
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