Principal Doctrines, 27

Epicurus  translated by Peter Saint-Andre

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27Of all the things that wisdom provides for the complete happiness of one's entire life, by far the greatest is friendship.[27]

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Notes

  • [27] The concept of μακαρία, translated here as "complete happiness", is also referenced in Principal Doctrine #1 when Epicurus speaks of the gods. In Vatican Saying #78, Epicurus says that friendship is an immortal good whereas wisdom is a mortal good; it is unclear if the other things that wisdom provides for complete happiness are also immortal goods. (This paragraph is the same as Vatican Sayings #13.)