Friday, August 01, 2025
Epicurean Pleasures
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), Human, All Too Human, Vol. II, Part 2, § 192 (tr. R.J. Hollingdale):
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The philosopher of sensual pleasure. — A little garden, figs, little cheeses and in addition three or four good friends — these were the sensual pleasures of Epicurus.Epicurus, fragment 182 Usener (tr. Brad Inwood and L.P. Gerson):
Der Philosoph der Üppigkeit. — Ein Gärtchen, Feigen, kleine Käse und dazu drei oder vier gute Freunde, — das war die Üppigkeit Epikurs.
Send me a little pot of cheese so that I can indulge in extravagance when I wish.Figs from my son's tree (about a tenth of the total yield this year):
πέμψον μοι τυροῦ κυθρίδιον, ἵν' ὅταν βούλωμαι πολυτελεύσασθαι δύνωμαι.
