Epicurus

Epicurus

Epicurus said that“(The wise man) chooses not the greatest quantity of food but the most pleasant.”

            

I agree with Epicurus because even though we like to go out to dinner it doesn’t guarantee that it will be pleasant but most of the time it is. Even though I do enjoy going out to dinner every once and a while, I prefer a home cooked meal. I don’t know what it is about a home cooked meal, but it always tastes better than a meal from a nice and fancy restaurant. What I like more than a home cooked meal, is when I am able to make one myself and the sense of accomplishment just makes it different.

He also said that “Of all the things that wisdom provides to help one live one’s entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship.”

            

I don’t agree with him because wisdom doesn’t necessarily help you to live your life in happiness, or compare to the fact that according to him the greatest possession is friendship. You can have friends and not be happy because those friends could be a bad influence or pressuring you to do something you don’t want to do. You could also not have friends and be happy if you were surrounded by family who loves and supports you no matter what decisions you make and will be there for you until the very end. Although Epicurus is right, you can have 

friends who make you happy.

In the end, I am more against his philisophical ideas than for him, because in modern day it takes an expirence and a different point of view to really see where all the happiness comes from and how certain effects can change it wether or not you can choose to see it as a happy thing