Epicurus asserts that death has no sensation and is not to be feared, emphasizing that while we live, death is not present. He argues against the immortality of the soul, stating that once the soul departs, the body can no longer sense. Additionally, Epicurus promotes asceticism and offers a distinct view on the nature of the gods, arguing they exist but differ from popular beliefs.

1. Epicurus: On
Religion

2. Be our Partner!
Be a Yodan!

3. On Immortality of the Souls:
“Death is nothing to us.
For what has been
dispersed has no
sensation. And what has
no sensation is nothing to
us.”- Principal Doctrines

4. On Immortality of the Souls:
“Death, -therefore the
most dreadful of evils- is
nothing to us, since while
we exist, death is not
present, and whenever
death is present, we do not
exist.”- Letter to Menoeceus

5. On Immortality of the Souls:
“…the body has no sensation
once the soul departs… It is
not possible to imagine the
soul existing and having
sensation without the body.”-
Letter to Herodotus

6. On Immortality of the Souls:
It clear that Epicurus
rejected the immortality of
the souls.

7. On Asceticism
“Live your
life without
attracting
attention.”
- Fragments

8. On Asceticism
“We must free ourselves
from the prison of
everyday affairs and
politics.” – Vatican Saying

9. On Asceticism
Epicurus and his friends
withdraw from the
world to enjoy the
world.

10. On Belief of a God
“For the god exist; of
them we have distinct
knowledge. But they
are not such as the
majority think them to
be.”- Letter to Menoeceus

11. On Belief of a God
“For they do not maintain a
consistent view of what they
think the gods are. The impious
man is not he who confutes the
gods of the majority, but he
who applies to the god’s of
majority’s opinion.”-Letter of
Menoeceus

12. On Belief of a God
Epicurus’ theory that
gods exist as a shared
knowledge by men.

13. Next Presentation!
Plato an Introduction & Epicurus
on Business