The Tale of Two Philosophies: Epicureanism and Stoicism

In Greek Greek, epicureanism and stoicism are two influential philosophies that promote happy life and these philosophies are similar in their beliefs to the world after death, but their belief in God is It is similar to the way it gets happiness in life. Through research and analysis, the objective declaration prove that both epicureism and stoicism depict general concepts of content life, but there are many differences in various beliefs than similarity. INTRODUCTION The Greek era brought Greece a new refreshing starting point.

Greek philosopher Zeno (335-263 BC) of Stoicism and Epicurean founded a philosophy school called Stoicism (STOH • ih • SIHZ • uhm). Stoic Sc ​​hool proposed that people should live according to the virtues of God or the laws of nature that God has set up to manage the universe. They also preached epiculus (EHP • KYUR •) to create a school of thought called epicurenism. He taught that God who is not interested in mankind dominates the universe. Epicuras believes that the only real object is the subject perceived by the senses. He teaches that the greatest kindness and highest happiness comes from benign behavior and painless. Epicuras proposed that the main purpose of human beings is to achieve harmony between the body and the mind. Today, the term hedonism means that people are committed to seeking happiness, especially enjoying food. But in his life Epicuras claims that everything should be moderate

There are two philosophical elementary schools in the Roman Empire, both of which are stoicism and epicureanism born in Greece. Epicurean believes life should be enjoyed because life is short lived. Stoic Sc ​​hool believes that the greatest achievement in life is knowledge and virtue. Although they emphasize Socrates' ethical doctrine, it is like many of the early Christian teachings. The most important thing in their moral doctrine is the existence of the golden rule. Prior to accepting Christianity, stoicism was the main moral light of Roman society.

Strong practicality is characteristic of the later Greek philosophy. This is very common for stoicism and its rival's epicurenism. Both have different concepts about what art should be, but neither considers philosophy as "the art of life". Since the two schools face each other, there are other things in common. Both are free children who give way to children in the era of monarchy, and individuals replaced business lives. The problem of happiness is no longer like Aristotle, but Plato is a nation but an individual. In both schools, speculative interest is weak from the beginning and tends to weaken over time. Both are new departures from existing schools. Since Islamism comes from Sirenisism, stoicism was brought up by cynicism. Both react strongly to the abstraction of Plato and Aristotle, only tolerate concrete reality.