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Epicurus philosophy relates itself to modern day in many ways-both negative and positive. Because of Epicurus, and his philosophy, many people strive for happiness, and run from the pain of everyday lives. Spending time with friends, family, reading that one book that is like an explosion of joy to your head. This is all related to Epicurus philosophy. More as to a negative point of view, people who Have sex for money, people who are alcoholics, and those who are drug abusers. This is when Epicurus “Happy” theory seems to take a negative point of view, though he thinks it is normal. Another example is shopping addicts. Some people agree that shopping makes them happy, and what happens to them? They are in debt because of their shopping binge, and their uncontrollable urge to shop, spend money, and not think anything of it until after the problem is done.

Epicurus Mosaic: inscribed into the picture it says: "If you live according to nature, you will never be poor." It was created by Ralph Carlin Flewelling.

Epicurus also states that death means nothing to us, which now during our time, I think is false. It seems people now look at it in the opposite views. People do dangerous things, make wrong choices, and choose to change the way of things because they fear death, because they feel that they must truly exist, and fully live before they die. I do agree with the fact that Epicurus states “ If you fight against all your sensations, you will have no standard to which to refer, and thus no means of judging even those sensations which you claim are false” I believe this to be used, and not to be used in our day of age. It seems that with teenagers especially don’t exactly do what their body, or “Senses” tell them, were as they will do what they are told because of peer pressure, and because of the fear of not fitting in with the “Cool crowd.” Were as more wiser, or older people understand the hardships of things like this, and for them now it is just something trivial, and nothing to worry about.

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