伊壁鸠鲁认为,哲学的任务是研究自然的本性,破除宗教迷信,分清痛苦和欲望的界限,以便获得幸福生活。因而,人们不必害怕死亡,更不必担心死后的种种;简单的快乐,就像“面包和水”之于饥渴中的人,这种快乐人们随处可拾,而那些极端的极具刺激性的欲望给予的快乐不过是短暂而虚妄的。 Epicurus believed that the task of philosophy is to study the nature of nature, to eliminate religious superstition and to distinguish the boundaries of suffering and desire in order to obtain a happy life. Thus, one does not have to be afraid of death, not to worry about what happens after death; simple pleasures, like “bread and water,” to hungry people, are happy people everywhere, and those extremely extreme The pleasure given by the irritating desires is only brief and false.