Epicurean solutions for our burning problems – Prof. Hossenfelder’s views (5): Epicurus’s philosophy guides and cures
Prof. Malte Hossenfelder says that Epicurus reminds us what philosophy can and should do: the science to help us plan and conduct our lives.
Nowadays philosophy is hardly more than scientific speculation about linguistic phenomena. Even ethics consists mainly in the discussion of its own methods. In most forewords to philosophical books on ethics you can read that the author’s aim is to find ways how ethical norms could be established but no author even suggests that he could set up such norms of behavior.
On the contrary: Epicurus has given us practicable ethical norms – practiced by his followers unchanged for 800 years. He showed a practicable way how to live if you want to be happy and he did this in a simple language understandable for people with basic education.
At the same time Epicurus didn’t only teach and preach but he lived in accordance with his own teachings and so he became an inspiring role model for all those who decided to lead a happy life.
Epicurean philosophy applied in everyday life has been guiding and curing stressed, disoriented, suffering people for 2300 years now. It is easy to understand and simple to follow. It is compatible with science and its practice has such side effects as producing a major contribution to sustainabilty.
All you need is to take the decision: I want to be happy in tghis life because there is no other life ahead.
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