/lit/ - Literature

>>5288376
>hobo scum

This is why I live in a gated community.

>>5124153
The Tetrapharmakos.

Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure

>>4951026
By realising that it's not the meaninglessness that's problematic but merely the desire for meaning itself. Happiness lies in enjoying what you can have and stopping to pine for what you can't have.

Neo-Epicureans get in here. How are you applying the teachings of the Glorious Leader in the year 2014?

>>4763877
Achieving ataraxia.

>tfw the epicurean approach to life is still the best there is thousands of years later

It's a problem free philosophy.

>>4602886
>but I wouldn't know where to start with it.

>maximise health
>minimise debauchery
>maximise mates
>minimise drama
>maximise personal sphere
>minimise public sphere
>maximise frugality
>minimise consumption

>At this moment, I am ataraxic. Not because of some indifferent god, but because, I am chilled the fuck out by my lifestyle.

>>4443801
Is this a set up to make me say Epicureanism? Because it fits perfectly.

How would you say a modern day Epicurean would live, /lit/?

>>4333897
Not just a cure though.. they need an epic cure.