Epicurus: a theoretical system, Ethics or praxis?

Abstract

This paper will describe firstly the difference existing between the Platonic-Aristotelian and the Epicurean conception of a philosophical system as an ordered whole and the importance of immediate applicability which characterizes the Epicurean experience of thinking, along with its healing, life-changing power.

Keywords: Epicurus, Plato, system, Ethics, practice, health, therapy.