athelstanent: (Knight)
BurleyBoar ([personal profile] athelstanent) wrote2004-06-10 11:24 pm

Learning to be epicurean

If it hurts not yourself or others, pleasure is not evil.

[identity profile] athelstan.livejournal.com 2004-06-11 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ep·i·cu·rus
Pronunciation: "e-pi-'kyur-&s
Function: biographical name
341-270 B.C. Greek philosopher; taught that pleasure is the only good and the end of all morality, through a life of simplicity, prudence, honor, justice

(emphasis mine)