Singh ID No. – 2016A1PS505H Epicureanism is the system of philosophy based upon the ideas of a Greek philosopher, Epicurus (341-270BCE), of the Hellenistic period. He believed that attaining ataraxia, a state of tranquillity, is the ultimate goal of life and can be achieved by pursuing mental pleasures rather than physical ones. According to him, fear of death and of Gods is the primary reason for one’s troubles. One can feel mental pleasure once these fears are eradicated. He took the help of Democritus’
major influence in daily life, politics, culture, and inventions in many major western civilizations since then. This includes civilizations in Mesopotamia, the Exodus, the Greeks, Cyrus the Great of the Persians, the Romans, and the Renaissance
of the themes in the play, which are examined, and there is awareness in the language and action. The scene opens in Theseus’ palace which is in Athens. Theseus’s wedding to Hippolyta which is in four days and Theseus is aggravated because of time moving slowly, his lover Hippolyta comforts him by telling him that the day will soon come. As Theseus and Hippolyta are both preparing for their wedding celebrations, Egeus and his daughter, Hermia, then come onto the scene along with Demetrius and Lysander
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin