Another philosophy that focused on
how one should live was Epicureanism. Its founder was Epicurus, who was younger
than Pyrrho the Skeptic by 19 years, and older than Zeno, the founder of
Stoicism, by 8 years. Epicurus was from the island of Samos. He went to Athens
at the age of eighteen to confirm his Athenian citizenship – the year before
Alexander died. Later he took up residence in the city of Mytilene, and there,
at the age of thirty, he acquired recognition as a philosopher.
Like the Cynics and Stoics,
Epicureans believed it best to...
