Principal Doctrines
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Principal Doctrines is a collection of key ethical maxims that succinctly summarize Epicurus’s philosophy on pleasure, virtue, and the good life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Principal Doctrines canonical | 6 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic philosophical work
ⓘ
ethical treatise ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition |
Greek philosophy
ⓘ
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic ethics
|
| emphasizes |
absence of bodily pain
ⓘ
tranquility of mind ⓘ |
| focusesOn | practical guidance for living well ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Key Doctrines
ⓘ
Trisagion Hymn ⓘ
surface form:
Kyriai Doxai
Sovereign Maxims ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Epicurus ⓘ |
| hasCoreTheme |
aponia
ⓘ
ataraxia ⓘ ethics ⓘ fear of death ⓘ fear of gods ⓘ friendship ⓘ justice ⓘ pleasure as the highest good ⓘ prudence ⓘ the good life ⓘ |
| hasGenre | didactic literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later ethical thought ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
calculation of consequences
ⓘ
hedonism (Epicurean) ⓘ limit of pleasure ⓘ mutual advantage ⓘ security from other people ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfDoctrines | 40 ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalSchool | Epicureanism ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| influences | later Epicurean writers ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Principal Doctrines of Epicurus
ⓘ
surface form:
Epicurean corpus
|
| isPreservedIn | later manuscript traditions ⓘ |
| isStructuredAs | series of concise maxims ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
introduction to Epicurean ethics
ⓘ
summary of Epicurean moral philosophy ⓘ |
| originatesIn |
Epicurus' Garden in Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Garden of Epicurus
|
| summarizesPhilosophyOf | Epicurus ⓘ |
| teaches |
death is nothing to us
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justice is a social contract for mutual advantage ⓘ natural and necessary desires should be satisfied ⓘ pleasure is the beginning and end of the blessed life ⓘ prudence is the greatest virtue ⓘ the gods are not to be feared ⓘ vain desires should be avoided ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
tetrapharmakos