epicurus and lucretius on death

about death. Share with friends. Lucretius, who devotes the bulk of Book 3 to explanation of the nature of the mind and spirit and to proof of their mortality (3.94–829), goes on to argue that “death is nothing to us” and that fear of death is unreasonable (3.830–1094).

They include information on Epicurus… Lucretius begins this book with another tribute to the genius of Epicurus, whose heroic intellectual achievements, it is argued, exceed even the twelve labors of Hercules. The remainder of the book is devoted to a full account of Epicurean cosmology and sociology, with the poet explaining the stages of life on earth and the origin and development of civilization. Lucretius was thus supporting one of two, distinct, but often not easily distinguishable, theses which constitute Epicurean thanatology. These slides are for PHIL 102, Introduction to Philosophy, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Create amazing picture quotes from Lucretius quotations.

Discover Lucretius quotes about death. Epicurus (Ancient Greek: Ἐπίκουρος, romanized: Epíkouros; 341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and sage who founded Epicureanism, a highly influential school of philosophy.He was born on the Greek island of Samos to Athenian parents. instance, according to Epicurus and Lucretius, the only things that exist per se are atoms and void. Epicurus believed both that one's death (being dead) is not bad for one and also that one should not fear death.