I had the idea that there were secret laws of the universe that could explain the baffling human reality around me, and that philosophers maybe had the key to them.

The (atomic) soul is mortal, and the best life is the one with the least pain and the most pleasure.

Epicureanism did inspire libertine culture in isolated sects, but Epicurus himself rejected an ethics of sensory indulgence, and he would have disowned latter-day 'Epicureanism' as a fussy, expensive, unphilosophical approach to eating and drinking.

I had the idea that there were secret laws of the universe that could explain the baffling human reality around me, and that philosophers maybe had the key to them.

There are people who organise the contest, winners, losers, and people who benefit from the contest taking place.

The higher the coefficient of inequality (Gini coefficient) in a society, the worse things tend to be for those at the bottom.

Epicurus thought of justice as an agreement to prevent people harming and being harmed.