Epicurus · Philosophy

The Gods and the Fourfold Cure

Epicurus’ liberation of humanity from the fear of the gods - the gods exist but are blissful and indifferent, taking no part in the world - and his ‘fourfold cure’ (tetrapharmakos): don’t fear god, don’t fear death, good is easy to get, evil is easy to endure.

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You learned that Epicurus held the gods to be real but blissful and indifferent - they do not create, govern, or judge the world, so there is nothing to fear from them - and that he summed up his therapy in the ‘fourfold cure’ (tetrapharmakos): don’t fear god, don’t fear death, the good is easy to get, the…

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