Four-part cure

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The "Four-part" cure (Gr.: tetrapharmakos), of Epicurus was most probably a bare-bones mnemonic guide to the core tenets of Epicurean philosophy. It has been found engraved, inscribed, or embossed on a variety of artifacts from Greece and, more abundantly, Rome and its empire.

Don't fear god,aphobon o theos
Don't worry about death; anypopton o thanatos
What is good is easy to get, and kai tagathon men eyktêton
What is terrible is easy to endure. to de deinon eyekkarterêton

(Inwood and Gerson 1994|tr.)

(Philodemus, PHerc. 1005, 4.9-14)

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