Epicurism is the life’s philosophy which explains how humans do not need anything else to be happy except the absence of pain. Further to that, it points out that this absence of pain (or ‘hedony’ as it was state was named) can be achieved with three very easy to have resources. Food, Shelter and Friendship.
This is not a wild concept but is based on rational thinking about the way humans work. In order of importance any human will first seek to secure his sustenance, then his shelter and finally his social needs before anything else. These things are as undeniable as gravity and based on our evolution.
Epicurism then builds from that and points out that anyone can be perfectly happy without anything more than these three fulfilled. The very fact that a human required these three before they can be happy is what constitutes them as needs.
This does not mean that someone cannot have other things that make them happy but what it does mean is that those things do not constitute a need but rather a luxury. This has the very obvious implication that when your luxuries conflict with your needs, it is the former that needs to be sacrificed or you risk being in a state of pain.
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