The following observation comes from David Sedley's Diogenes of Oenanda on Cyrenaic Hedonism. It provides an excellent response to people who want to argue that since Epicurus held virtue to be inseparable from the happy life, that he also held that virtue is desirable for itself.
David Sedley on The Epicurean Separation of Virtue And Pleasure
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Kalosyni
August 24, 2023 at 2:39 PM Moved the thread from forum The Virtue Of Nature - No Absolute Virtue to forum Virtue of Nature - General Discussion.
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