There are people who follow
the teaching of ancient philosopher with name Epicurus. The teaching is mainly
centered on Pleasure. Epicurus stood on this theory between the years 307BC and
was also an atomic materialist.
This philosophy is anchored
on two facts (1) obtaining pleasure through freedom from fear and (2) absence
of bodily pain. This is mainly based on attaining a state of the mind termed
PLEASURE.
Although the man Epicurus
seems not to exist this day as a person, but there are many who are directly or
indirectly embracing the teachings of Epicurus by their intermittent or
continuous lifestyle of ‘enjoyment’.
What I think-
Through science, the act of
pleasure seeking seems to be the driving force towards every applied knowledge to
get a product for man’s use. Despite this fact I still maintain that freedom
from fear and bodily pain remains elusive for individuals who are always on the
verge of eating themselves out on every income they get. This to me is on the
basis that the epicureans’ kind of lifestyle leads to unwanted ends.
Firstly, it leads to a life
full of frustration. This could be seen where one spends all he’s got to
satisfy his pleasures and at the end of the day ends up at the level where he
started.
Another result of this kind
of lifestyle is that, the individual is bound to fall victim of misfortune
unprepared and finally, they (the epicureans) tend to let opportunities pass
them by in order to avoid stressing their bodies.
Now what do you think
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