Epicureanism is an ancient Greek philosophy founded by Epicurus around 307 BCE that teaches pleasure is the highest good — but defines pleasure as tranquility, freedom from fear, and the absence of pain, not indulgence. It was one of the dominant schools of Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, and its ideas about atoms, nature, and happiness still influence modern thought.
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