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mnsanchez3748's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
alexi_a_s's review against another edition
4.0
Livre très court au premier abord mais dense en intérieur. Cette œuvre permet de comprendre en peu de pages le concept d’Épicure sur le bonheur. Le vocabulaire est accessible, les thèmes abordés intéressants et de ce sont des recommandations qui peuvent être appliquées dans nos vies de tous les jours. Même si je n’ai pas forcément été d’accord avec 100% des idées développées, il y en a pas mal qui m’ont fait réfléchir.
tweakedenigma's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
chrisdech's review against another edition
2.0
Good ethics and a solid way of thinking about life, terribly random epistemology.
Unfortunately, Epicurus's understanding of knowledge, learning, and phenomena generally clouds what he says about ethics, so what he says becomes a mire of randomness.
Unfortunately, Epicurus's understanding of knowledge, learning, and phenomena generally clouds what he says about ethics, so what he says becomes a mire of randomness.
hellhoundharry's review against another edition
1.0
Can I be honest? I skimmed through most of it. 240 pages and the first 90 pages are introduction. Followed by about 70 pages of letters to Herodotus among others. And they are mostly about physics, and not the art of happiness. And the rest is abbreviations, notes, selected biography and index.
anarcho_zymurgist's review against another edition
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3.75
I do rather like Epicurus. His philosophy on maximizing personal happiness seems like it should be fairly straightforward, yet it is so refreshing to read compared to his contemporaries. He also has some surprisingly accurate hypotheses on atomic theory, among other natural phenomena. Sadly, since the ancient Greeks did not have the same technology or attitude towards the scientific method as later scientists, these hypotheses remain untested, dogmatic assertions. They are, however, a far cry from the comparatively laughable attempts at metaphysics by his philosophical opponents. Unfortunately, the works of Epicurus remain today mostly in fragments, making the limited length my main critique of the text. I admit I got most of my enjoyment out of the (quite informative) introduction.
annaelle's review against another edition
4.0
certainement un petit livre très intéressant et plein de sagesse
benrogerswpg's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good Stoic book.
I'm glad I checked it out.
Some good learnings and lessons in it.
Not the best, certainly not as good as [b:Meditations|30659|Meditations|Marcus Aurelius|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1421618636l/30659._SY75_.jpg|31010], but still a good read.
3.2/5
I'm glad I checked it out.
Some good learnings and lessons in it.
Not the best, certainly not as good as [b:Meditations|30659|Meditations|Marcus Aurelius|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1421618636l/30659._SY75_.jpg|31010], but still a good read.
3.2/5