by Epicure · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782091808369
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«Lettres» is the philosophical epistolary of Epicurus, published by Nathan in paperback (143 pages, in French).
Volume gathering Epicurus's letters in French translation, in a complete-text edition with notes and commentaries by Jean Salem. The Greek philosopher Epicurus addresses in these letters questions such as happiness, death and nature, and sets out the central ideas of his thought.
Belongs to the Les Intégrales de Philo collection. The translation is by Octave Hamelin, revised and corrected; preface by Marcel Conche and notes by Jean Salem.
Suitable for philosophy students and for those wishing to read Epicurus in French with a scholarly apparatus of notes and commentaries.
Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the philosophical school of Epicureanism, which taught that management of one's desires, removal of unnecessary fears, friendship, and virtuous living led to a pleasant life and constant happiness, the highest good.
