"[A] right understanding that death is nothingto us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not because it adds to itan infinite span of time, but because it takes away the craving forimmortality. For there is nothing terrible in life for the man who hastruly comprehended that there is nothing terrible in not living."

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Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the school of Epicureanism in Athens. His ethics emphasized tranquility, freedom from fear, and measured pleasure as the path to a good life.

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