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8 Cards in this Set
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Ataraxy |
Freedom from pain and fear; a state of serene calmness. |
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Eudaimonia |
Human flourishing. |
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Sybaritic |
Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure. |
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Epicure |
Taking particular pleasure in food and drink. |
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Asceticism |
Severe self-discipline and avoiding of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. |
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Letter to Menoeceus |
The pleasant life and the moral life are one and the same. Preconditions of happiness: to think of deity as real, blessed and imperishable without the attributions of impure conceptions; and belief in the insignificance of death because death is devoid of meaning. The good life consists of; an absence of fear and pain; the recognition of destiny, chance and choice; limitation of appetites; good judgement. |
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Consequentialism |
The morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences. |
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Virtue |
In one sense is generally a kind of completion. |
