In our pursuit of the good life, he says, it is important to seek out true pleasures—advice which was originally offered by Epicurus.

他说，在我们追求美好生活的过程中，寻求真正的快乐是很重要的——这个建议最初是由伊壁鸠鲁提出的。

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Drop yourself on the sidewalk. As the great Epicurus wrote.

那就把你自己扔在大马路上。

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Epicurus' philosophy represents a curious mix of opposing ideas.

伊壁鸠鲁的哲学反应了对立观念之间的一种古怪的混合。

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Well, one way of course is to accept the objection and say " "You're right Death isn't really bad for me " And some philosophers have indeed accepted that very conclusion, maybe Epicurus Most of us want to say " "No, no Death is bad for me" So we need a better answer to the ?" "Oh yeah? When is it bad for you?"

一种方式当然是接受它并说,“你是对的，死亡对我来说真的没什么坏处“,而一些哲学家确实接受了,那个结论，也许比如伊壁鸠鲁,我们大多数人想说,“不，不，死亡对我来说有坏处“,于是我们需要一个更好的答案来回答,“是么？，它什么时候对你有坏处了“

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If this means turning Epicurus, pictured left, or even Seneca into agony aunts, at least you have introduced some interesting new names into the viewer's life.

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" But perhaps the philosopher who best understood the transcendental possibilities of play was Epicurus' forbear, Plato, who wrote: "Man is made God's plaything and that is the best part of him.

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