Epicurus’ View of Life and Death and Its Contemporary Enlightenment / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

Epicurus’ view of life and death is based on the atomism of naturalism and the epistemology of sensationalism in ancient Greek. He advocated that people should face death calmly, and separate death from the pain of feeling by explaining the true meaning of death to break people’s fear of death. He claimed that people should face desires with rational thinking and pursue a happy life. His view of life and death helped people to treat life and death rationally, alleviate death anxiety, make people actively face the difficulties in life, correctly identify desires and needs, and help individuals pursue a healthy and happy life.