Comic #7273: epicurean

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Panel 1: Speaker 1: I follow the philosophy of Epicurus, which is the philosophy of being at peace with what you have.
Speaker 2: NO IT'S NOT!

Panel 2: Speaker 2: Have you actually read this stuff? Epicureans had theories of happiness, but they also had crazy shit!
Speaker 3: They thought the gods were proved because we can detect the films they emit with their bodies. They thought eyes came into existence before sight did!

Panel 3: Speaker 3: Every ancient school of thought did this!
Speaker 4: Stoics, Cynics, Epicureans all had unworkable systems of logic and stupid pre-scientific beliefs, and whole incorrect cosmologies, and modern people don’t care!

Panel 4: Speaker 4: They just want to read a standard self-help manual, but have it supposedly founded in ancient philosophy so you don’t have to feel shame!
Speaker 5: As an Epicurean, I am at peace with not having read the primary literature of my philosophy.
Speaker 6: AAAAAAA!

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