| 1. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 2.19 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •warren, james Found in books: Long (2019) 74 |
| 2. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 611 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •warren, james Found in books: Long (2019) 74 |
3. Cicero, On The Nature of The Gods, 1.45, 1.85 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •warren, james Found in books: Long (2019) 71 | 1.45. We have then a preconception of such a nature that we believe the gods to be blessed and immortal. For nature, which bestowed upon us an idea of the gods themselves, also engraved on our minds the belief that they are eternal and blessed. If this is so, the famous maxim of Epicurus truthfully enunciates that 'that which is blessed and eternal can neither know trouble itself nor cause trouble to another, and accordingly cannot feel either anger or favour, since all such things belong only to the weak.' "If we sought to attain nothing else beside piety in worshipping the gods and freedom from superstition, what has been said had sufficed; since the exalted nature of the gods, being both eternal and supremely blessed, would receive man's pious worship (for what is highest commands the reverence that is its due); and furthermore all fear of the divine power or divine anger would have been banished (since it is understood that anger and favour alike are excluded from the nature of a being at once blessed and immortal, and that these being eliminated we are menaced by no fears in regard to the powers above). But the mind strives to strengthen this belief by trying to discover the form of god, the mode of his activity, and the operation of his intelligence. 1.85. Well then, if the gods do not possess the appearance of men, as I have proved, nor some such form as that of the heavenly bodies, as you are convinced, why do you hesitate to deny their existence? You do not dare to. Well, that is no doubt wise — although in this matter it is not the public that you fear, but the gods themselves: I personally am acquainted with Epicureans who worship every paltry image, albeit I am aware that according to some people's view Epicurus really abolished the gods, but nominally retained them in order not to offend the people of Athens. Thus the first of his selected aphorisms or maxims, which you call the Kyriai Doxai, runs, I believe, thus: That which is blessed and immortal neither experiences trouble nor causes it to anyone. Now there are people who think that the wording of this maxim was intentional, though really it was due to the author's inability to express himself clearly; their suspicion does an injustice to the most guileless of mankind. |
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| 4. Philodemus, (Pars I) \ On Piety, 13, 12 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Long (2019) 72 |
| 5. Philodemus of Gadara, De Morte \ , 23.35-24.5, 25.34, 25.35, 25.36, 25.37 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Long (2019) 146 |
6. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 3.37-3.40, 3.91-3.93, 3.830-3.842, 3.847-3.853 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •warren, james Found in books: Long (2019) 146, 148| 3.37. et metus ille foras praeceps Acheruntis agendus, 3.38. funditus humanam qui vitam turbat ab imo 3.39. omnia suffundens mortis nigrore neque ullam 3.40. esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit. 3.91. hunc igitur terrorem animi tenebrasque necessest 3.92. non radii solis neque lucida tela diei 3.93. discutiant, sed naturae species ratioque. 3.830. Nil igitur mors est ad nos neque pertinet hilum, 3.831. quandoquidem natura animi mortalis habetur. 3.832. et vel ut ante acto nihil tempore sensimus aegri, 3.833. ad confligendum venientibus undique Poenis, 3.834. omnia cum belli trepido concussa tumultu 3.835. horrida contremuere sub altis aetheris auris, 3.836. in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum 3.837. omnibus humanis esset terraque marique, 3.838. sic, ubi non erimus, cum corporis atque animai 3.839. discidium fuerit, quibus e sumus uniter apti, 3.840. scilicet haud nobis quicquam, qui non erimus tum, 3.841. accidere omnino poterit sensumque movere, 3.842. non si terra mari miscebitur et mare caelo. 3.847. nec, si materiem nostram collegerit aetas 3.848. post obitum rursumque redegerit ut sita nunc est, 3.849. atque iterum nobis fuerint data lumina vitae, 3.850. pertineat quicquam tamen ad nos id quoque factum, 3.851. interrupta semel cum sit repetentia nostri. 3.852. et nunc nil ad nos de nobis attinet, ante 3.853. qui fuimus, neque iam de illis nos adficit angor. | |
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7. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, 10.117 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •warren, james Found in books: Long (2019) 74 | 10.117. Such are his views on celestial phenomena.But as to the conduct of life, what we ought to avoid and what to choose, he writes as follows. Before quoting his words, however, let me go into the views of Epicurus himself and his school concerning the wise man.There are three motives to injurious acts among men – hatred, envy, and contempt; and these the wise man overcomes by reason. Moreover, he who has once become wise never more assumes the opposite habit, not even in semblance, if he can help it. He will be more susceptible of emotion than other men: that will be no hindrance to his wisdom. However, not every bodily constitution nor every nationality would permit a man to become wise.Even on the rack the wise man is happy. He alone will feel gratitude towards friends, present and absent alike, and show it by word and deed. |
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| 8. Epicurus, Letter To Menoeceus, 131, 135, 125 Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Long (2019) 145 |
| 9. Epicurus, Letter To Herodotus, 78 Tagged with subjects: •warren, james Found in books: Long (2019) 71 |
| 10. Epicurus, Key Doctrines, 1 Tagged with subjects: •warren, james Found in books: Long (2019) 71 |
