13 definitions
The Clinamen (n.) is a swerve the atom starts all by itself, an initiative that makes the particle a source of motion instead of a part of a whole.
The Disciple (n.) who must be dragged along is, for the Epicureans, no worse than one who follows easily; the two need different techniques, and arrive at the same virtue.
Epicureanism (n.) makes the individual a world apart, a composite on the run from relation to keep a precarious impenetrability and a short moment of life.
A Fact (n.) is a pure result for the Epicureans, not a value: science seeks the causes of things, never their ends.
Friendship (n.) is assimilation for the Epicureans: sameness of lifestyle, tastes and desires, the contact of the similar with the similar.
Happy life (n.) consists in tranquillity of mind, a perfect freedom from care, and exemption from all employment.
An Illusion (n.) belongs to opinion, not to the eye, said the Epicureans — so Timagoras pressed his eye and swore he never saw two flames from one candle.
A Molecule (n.) is a seed, not a remainder: free from the start, indivisible because of what it is rather than because of what we cannot cut.
A Sage (n.) with a little barley bread and water can compete with the bliss of Zeus.
Sensation (n.) is contact between the matter we are and the matter outside us: touching and feeling are acts of atoms, and a soul is made of them too.