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Relatively few works written by Epicurus (Figure 1) still survive, as most of what we known derive from later writings from his followers and his philosophical school that he started. We know that Epicureanism began as a philosophy at around 307/306 BCE. Like so many other philosophers, he established himself at Athens, although he was from Samos.
Of the natural necessary pleasures, Epicurus considers those of repose or tranquility of soul which arises from being free of unnatural and unnecessary desires as the highest pleasure attainable. In Greek this state was called ataraxia and was regarded as the ideal of life, the attainment of which gives every act its moral value.