Epicureanism, ataraxia and the "swerve"

The ancient Epicureans advocated hedonism, but not the kind you would like. As one of the schools reacting against ancient hedonism as well as Plato and Aristotle, the Epicureans taught a self-sufficient life of simplicity, friends and limited desires. Dr. Johnson discusses the major ideas of the school, including materialism, hedonism, ataraxia and the "swerve" of their atomism
Dr. Johnson teaches philosophy at Georgia Tech. He is the author of Paradox at Play: Metaphor in Meister Eckhart's Sermons by Catholic University of America Press. It includes many sermons never before translated into English.
Meister Eckhart, Paradox at Play
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[@jumrader1111]

ty for the lecture

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You’re quite welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it 😄

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Is there a kind of philosophy that is good for your average person?

[@captainclarky5352]

The category of the average person or layman is itself an issue. Philosophy doesn't necessarily have to be speciality, just like physical fitness doesn't have to be a speciality. You tend to find that in tribal cultures everyone is well versed in their tribe's philosophical tradition because it is embedded in the culture as a whole, and the culture in turn is intertwined with both tribal economy and social life so experienced day in day out. It might be possible to create a new society in which everyone is philosophically astute