Epicurean solutions for our burning problems – Prof. Hossenfelder’s views (1)
Malte Hossenfelder is one of the few professional philosophers who had the courage to tackle and understand and explain convincingly Epicurus’s SUBdivision of necessary and natural desires (the “non-professional” - in the sense of amateur in the sense of making a living from something else – philosophers having tackled this successfully are Victor Kioulaphides and Tome Merle in the Epicurean Group on Yahoo).
Beyond a good understanding of Epicurus’s philosphy Hossenfelder expresses his conviction that the Epicureay Way of living has a high topicality for all of us today. He sees Epicurus’s topicality in the 21st century in five fields.
As his book on Epicurus (Epikur, Verlag C.H. Beck, 1998, München) is available only in German as far as I know, I will summarize here his recommendations.
- The role of needs-based economy in producing happiness
- The role of science in producing happiness
- The role of autarky in producing happiness
- The immediate and direct availability of happiness
- The role of philosophy in forming ethical norms and defining a lifestyle
I will shortly present each of these domains in the next days.
You may get more information in German on Professor Hossenfelder here:
http://www.uni-graz.at/malte.hossenfelder/site.php?show=1
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