The Garden of Epicurus
The anatomy of desire
Friendship over stuff
The misunderstood legacy
YOUR GOAL
Master of Epicurus on real pleasure
artiteacher The Garden of Epicurus
Water and bread, water and bread, with friends we are richly fed.
artiteacher The community lived on basic foods like bread, water, and occasional olives, rejecting lavish banquets to maintain physical health.
artiteacher Unlike other ancient Greek schools, the Garden welcomed women, enslaved people, and non-citizens as equal members of the community.
artiteacher Sort simple pleasures from endless wants to discover how to be happy with less.
The cheese request: Epicurus once wrote a letter asking a friend for a small pot of cheese so he could have a lavish feast whenever he wanted.
A plot of ground, often near a residence, used for growing plants, flowers, or vegetables. Epicurus bought an Athenian garden around 306 BC, establishing a communal sanctuary that welcomed women and slaves.
Which group of people, usually excluded from Greek schools, was openly welcomed at Epicurus's Garden?
What was the simple, daily diet that Epicurus and his followers typically survived on?
What did Epicurus famously request in a letter to a friend to make a simple meal feel like a feast?
Which rival school of philosophy in Athens was founded around the same time as Epicurus's Garden?