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How To Live Like an Epicurean

By N.S. Gill, About.com

The basic principles of living a life of pleasure are pretty simple, but implementing them may take years of practice.
Difficulty: Hard
Time Required: 5 years

Here's How:

  1. Reject anger
  2. Make friends
  3. Eliminate pain
  4. Live honorably and justly
  5. Limit your pursuit of bodily pleasure to the point just beyond the removal of all pain
  6. Work to acquire just enough wealth to satisfy needs

Tips:

  1. Recognize pain as the absence of pleasure
  2. Realize that nothing you have to fear lasts long

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