Epicurus: Like Diogenes, Epicurus showed me that a happy life is achievable through just the necessities.

像第欧根尼一样，伊壁鸠鲁告诉我，幸福的生活可以通过生活必需品来实现。

Maybe that's the argument that Epicurus had in mind.

也许这就是伊壁鸠鲁脑中的观点。

Although Epicurus was less of a thrill-seeker than his hedonism implies.

尽管伊比鸠鲁并不像他的享乐主义所意指的那样是一个寻求刺激的人。

Epicurus stated that the right amount of pleasure leads to happiness.

他宣称适当的愉悦可以带来幸福。

The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus observed this more than 2,000 years ago.

古希腊哲学家伊比鸠鲁在两千年前观察到了这件事。

And some philosophers have indeed accepted that very conclusion, maybe Epicurus.

一些哲学家也确实接受这一观点，伊壁鸠鲁或许也接受。

For Epicurus the best human condition was a state which he called ataraxia, meaning tranquility.

对于伊比鸠鲁来说，人类最好的状态是他称之为心平气和的状态，意思是宁静的状态。

But of course, if we do go back to the existence requirement, then we're back with Epicurus' argument.

但是 如果我们接受存在前提，我们就会回到伊壁鸠鲁的论断。

Again, the passage from Epicurus isn't altogether clear, but maybe he's got in mind something like this argument.

伊壁鸠鲁的这段话总的来看有点费解，但也许他脑中已有了这样的观点。

Well, that would be a possible way to respond to this second possible interpretation of Epicurus' argument.

这也许可以回应对伊壁鸠鲁文字的第二种解释。

Epicurus conceives of death as which of the following?

伊壁鸠鲁认为死亡是以下哪一种？

But Epicurus bequeathed his gardens to his own school.

但是伊壁鸠鲁把他的花园遗赠给了他自己的学校。

Fear of the gods brought many people to the garden of Epicurus.

对众神的恐惧使许多人来到了伊壁鸠鲁的花园。

To this end Epicurus made use of Democritus' theory of the " soul atoms" .

为此，伊壁鸠鲁利用了德谟克利特的“灵魂原子” 理论。

After Epicurus, many Epicureans developed an overemphasis on self-indulgence.

在伊壁鸠鲁之后， 许多伊壁鸠鲁主义者过分强调自我放纵。

Epicurus emphasized, though, that " pleasure" does not necessarily mean sensual pleasure – like eating chocolate, for instance.

不过，伊壁鸠鲁强调， “快乐” 并不一定意味着感官上的快乐——例如吃巧克力。

Epicurus believed that small pleasures were more likely to bring us tranquility than earth-shattering pleasures and it's easy to see his point.

伊比鸠鲁认为，小小的快乐比惊天动地的快乐更能给我们带来平静，他的这一观点很容易理解。

Around the year 300 B.C., Epicurus (341-270) founded a school of philosophy in Athens.

大约在公元前 300 年， 伊壁鸠鲁（341-270 年）在雅典创立了一所哲学学院。

On The Nature of Things which gives us the most complete account we possess of the philosophy and worldview of the Greek philosopher Epicurus.

论万事之本性，它给了出了我们所拥有希腊哲学家伊壁鸠鲁的哲学和的世界观 最完整的説明。

Epicurus observed as well that the basic necessities for life are easy to come by, and that living moderately is the key to happiness.

伊壁鸠鲁也观察到，生活的基本必需品很容易获得，适度生活是幸福的关键。