Does this book actually talk about Epicurean ideas on pleasure or is it mostly "Stuff is made of stuff"? I don't care about atomism.

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Anonymous Fri Jul 11 13:38:10 2014 No.5124008 [DELETED]

Does this book actually talk about Epicurean ideas on pleasure or is it mostly "Stuff is made of stuff"? I don't care about atomism.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 11 13:49:44 2014 No.5124047 nah it is mostly about stuff rather than the philosophy of pleasure but it isn't as dull as it sounds

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 11 13:52:01 2014 No.5124052 >>5124047 Is it worth reading, though?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 11 14:03:03 2014 No.5124077 >>5124052 Yes pretty good, lots of insights into the natural sciences as they were understood at that time. Such as centaurs can't exist because people mature slower than horses.

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