HONR 1101 Lecture Notes - Epicurus, Epicureanism, Deductive Reasoning
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After reading a good amount of epicurus, it is easy to see that he was a quite distinct person and philosopher. However, i found that he is also similar in various ways to socrates. To begin, epicurus" way of explaining his philosophies is often built upon deductive reasoning, and (if i"m recalling correctly) socrates approaches his philosophy and discussions in the same manner. They begin with a bigger theme and move from there, eliminating unreasonable explanations and pointing out their respective conclusions as they go. An additional similarity is that neither epicurus nor socrates relied or focused much on the belief in a divine, controlling deity. The two philosophers differ when it comes to the natural sciences, which socrates does not focus on. Anyhow, he is a scientist in the way that he attempts to clarify and answer any questions about the causes of natural phenomenon; basically, he studies natural science.
