About 3 weeks ago (6 posts ago), I finished a book titled Heaven and Hell. From it, I got plenty of inspiration for further reading. I have already read The Epic of Gilgamesh which I loved. Now, I found this tiny edition by Epicurus in my local library, which is also mentioned in Heaven and Hell. In that book, which delves into concepts of the afterlife, the author discusses Epicurus' view that the soul is a physical entity and that sensation occurs only while the soul is connected to the body; at death the soul ceases to exist.
In Being Happy, I found some interesting quotes about the soul, pleasure, and death. I confess I struggled to get through the book. I'm not sure whether that was because of the translation or some other reason, but i think I prefer encountering these ideas as interpreted by more contemporary authors. Regardless, it was worth reading this book to get an idea of Epicurus' thoughts.
"The irreligious man is not the person who destroys the gods of the masses but the person who imposes the ideas of the masses on the gods."
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