Module 3
Epicurianism and Stoicism
Activity
• Differentiate Epicurianism and Stoicism by filling in the matrix.
Nature of the Universe
Nature of human
Objective of Life
Concept of Society
Percival S. Gabriel
Epicurianism Stoicism
The universe was chaotic
and anarchic, atoms and the
void. All knowledge was
universe is a unity,
acquired by sense
pervaded by reason.
perception, observation was
therefore essential to
understanding.
was made up of body and they believed people should
soul. Death was not to be aim to maintain a will
feared. There was no such (called prohairesis) that is
thing as immortality. "in accordance with nature"
was to find happiness
through
The objective of life is
friendship, living humbly
Happiness, to suppress
and avoiding pain and
emotions like fear, lust or
anxiety. He believed very
anxiety to reach the desired
strongly that
state of apathia, or inner
by living peacefully and
tranquility.
avoiding fear and pain, we
could live fully.
was not a natural
phenomenon, but rather a
deliberate creation aimed at
men were all members of a
bringing order out of chaos.
universal brotherhood, for
Indeed, pleasure was
they ali pcssessed equally a
augment ted by the presence
share of the stock of reason.
of law, pro Vision for
punishment and
preservation of order.
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 • How would you get ready of “pleasure-only-free-riders” among us?
Having a person with “pleasure-only-free-riders” around us or Being with

Fredie who is a free-spirited guy and was skeptical. I must be more considerate,

we must accept for who he is, but In an attempt to solve the problem of clogged

drainage, I will do what the other neighbor did. I will also decide to clean up the

drainage on both sides of the street. I understand fredie because he is free spirited

guy and would rather wait for the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Rather than wasting his time in cleaning the drainage.

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