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Epicurus
Principal Doctrines Fragment or passage 19
Fragment or passage 19 of 40
Canonical reference 19
English
Peter Saint-Andre · principal-doctrines-open
Finite time and infinite time contain the same amount of joy, if its limits are measured out through reasoning. [ ]
Ancient Greek
Peter Saint-Andre · principal-doctrines-open
ὁ ἄπειρος χρόνος ἴσην ἔχει τὴν ἡδονὴν καὶ ὁ πεπερασμένος, ἐάν τις αὐτῆς τὰ πέρατα καταμετρήσῃ τῷ λογισμῷ.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Le temps fini et le temps infini contiennent la même quantité de joie, si ses limites sont mesurées par le raisonnement. [ ]
French
Jacques Georges Chauffepié · principal-doctrines-fr
Cette volupté que l’esprit se propose pour la fin de sa félicité dépend entièrement de la manière dont on se défait de ces sortes d’opinions chimériques, et de tout ce qui peut avoir quelque affinité avec elles parce qu’elles font le trouble de l’esprit.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
That pleasure which the mind sets before itself as the end of its happiness depends entirely on the manner in which one rids oneself of such chimerical opinions, and of everything that may have some affinity with them, because they disturb the mind.
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Aponia
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Care of the soul
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Family
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Justice
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Prudent choice of pleasures
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Reason
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