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Epicurean Happiness Toolkit: A 4-Step Structure

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Epicurean Happiness Toolkit: A 4-Step Structure

Epicurean Agnosticism is the indifference to unknowable mysteries that are likely to lead to unhappiness.

Epicurean Happiness Toolkit: A 4-Step Structure

30 Phil, Chapter 11: The new look at the Epicurean Happiness Toolkit refines Epicurean tools into a clear 1-2-3-4 structure: one goal (pleasure), two types of pleasures, three categories of desires, and the Four-part Remedy (Tetrapharmakos). This presentation emphasizes pleasure as the ultimate aim, specifically ataraxia (peace of mind) and aponia (absence of pain), while replacing the term “hedonism” with “pleasure” to align more closely with Epicurus’s nuanced understanding of happiness.

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