Epicurus

(341–270 BC)

1. Ancient Greek philosopher who founded Epicureanism, a highly influential school of philosophy 
2. His Epicurean community inspired Karl Marx and other socialist thinkers 
3. His ideas also influenced Enlightenment movement and its thinkers- John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Jeremy Bentham 
4. ‘The Garden’- his academy in Athens 
5. Gave happiness((eudaimonia) formula- taraxia (peace and freedom from fear) and aponia (the absence of pain) – have good friends, seek peace and calm inside, work for yourself and for pleasure 
6. Gave secular basis of ethics and morality- be ethical to be happy