The beginning and root of all good is the pleasure of the stomach.
Epicurean philosophy
Fragment 181 (from Usener), often taken out of context to misrepresent Epicurus.
c. 300 BCE
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"The greatest good is to be free from pain and mental disturbance."
Shocking"We must therefore pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it."
Shocking"The man who says that all things happen of necessity cannot criticize one who says that not all things happen of necessity."
Shocking"He who has peace of mind has no need of wealth."
Shocking"No pleasure is a bad thing in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures are gained bring troubles many times greater than the pleasures."
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