A happiness problem: Life and death in epicureanism

The main subject of thethesis is tobasethepeople in theperiod of Epicurus in thecontext of theconcepts of life anddeathbyexplainingthatthefear of God, deathanddestinyarethebiggestobstacles in achievinghappiness. Epicurus is an atomistphilosopher. The universe is formedbythedeviation of the atom fromthemovement of theatomsfromthecorrectline. The onlyreality in theuniverse is atomsandspace. Itwas not createdbythegodsanddefendstheviewthatthere is noinfluence on theuniverse. There is nodeterminism in theuniverse; He makescoincidences. Thisviewshows us thatfatedoes not prevail in theuniverse. The phenomena of life anddeathareliketwosides of thecoin. Whendeathcomes, atomsthat form the body andthesoulareseparatedanddispersed. Thus, body andsoullosetheir presence. Sofear of death is an irrelevantfeeling. The thesiswill be based on a philosophicalanalysis of thestruggle of thehumanbeingwiththefearsbased on theconcept of life in thephilosophy of nature, theperspective of deathandtheunderstanding of happiness in moral philosophy. The ultimategoal of Epicurus is toreachhappiness. A personwho can standoutfromthefearsbyusing his mindshouldtrytoturntowardspleasuresthatgivehimhappiness. He supportsthisviewwiththemorality of theday. The thesisexaminesthefactthatEpicurus is theonlytarget of happinessthatindividualswhoareabletogetrid of a series of fears, but alsothephenomenon of happiness as well as thephenomenon of life anddeath, as a result of philosophicaldiscourses.