Maverick Philosopher

The Epicurean Cure

Epicurus as quoted by Pierre Hadot in Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault (Blackwell 1995, p. 87):

We must concern ourselves with the healing of our own lives.

He proposes a TETRAPHARMAKOS, a four-fold healing formula:

God presents no fears, death no worries. And while good is readily attainable, evil is readily endurable.

Comatose at Rest, Mad in Action

Epicurus, et al. Vatican Sayings XI (tr. Geer):

Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.