Principal Doctrines, 20

Epicurus  translated by Peter Saint-Andre

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20The flesh assumes that the limits of joy are infinite, and that infinite joy can be produced only through infinite time. But the mind, reasoning out the goal and limits of the flesh and dissolving fears about eternity, produces a complete way of life and therefore has no need of infinite time; yet the mind does not flee from joy, nor when events cause it to exit from life does it look back as if it has missed any aspect of the best life.[8]

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Notes

  • [8] In the Greek, this paragraph is written in the past tense. Because it is confusing to read that way, I have rendered it in the present tense.