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The Epicurus School's Political Philosophy

Posted on:2008-09-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S S HuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360215496619Subject:Foreign philosophy
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This treatise discussed the object that the Epicurus is based on the theory of atomand the idea of that joyous, which delved deeply into the very nature of this school'spolitical philosophy—which can be named as political freedom and the idea of socialcontracts, and smelly, the affects from which in the modern philosophy is discussedconcisely.While Epicurus school accepting Democrite's "coming down moving of atoms ",discover them being returning spontaneous "oblique motion" back to existence, avoidcity-state politics, emphasize individual liberty, be the response to social environmentthat time on this account and to have brought forward self free politics thought hereon the basis. This one school happy emphasize to arrive at very good position,regarding it being "happy is a happy life starting point and destination", is to judgeone people if happy uniqueness is standard, and is happy is that development is happymark and static state two happy kinds. Suggest that getting happy premise condition isa social compact or society justice later. This contract creation, is to pass their ownexperience since some have the people who counters against conflict mutually onbenefit, both parties between them and cognition encroaches on, happiness has beenin fact all harmful for both sides safety and life, everybody has reached the agreement,safety, property and joyful happiness who ask to encroach on others again neitherthereupon. That this refrains from invading each other is that are what everyone'ssafety needs, concludes this social compact therefore according with people's naturalnature. This faction later period disciple Lucretius repaired also "Nature Discusses" inown lengthy poetic composition center has carried on the detailed explanation to thesocial contract thought generating process.Very much, the impact of the politics philosophical thinking that Epicurus schoolsends over modern time's big; can to say politics philosophy and Epicurus schooldoctrine own the common basis in the field of foundation at the modern times.Priority affects the main body of a book having introduced that this one school people such as to Thomas Hobbes, Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau. Show mainlyto Hobbes effect on the as regards general natural world and people's peculiar natureand with regard to happy and happy view; The effect to Montesquieu is structure anda response to vulgar Epicurus school doctrine solution embody in Montesquieu; Buteffect accepted by Jean Jacques Rousseau, the attitude, secondary showing first in himto politics society show extent probing into to happy problem of human being in him.In addition, in the Epicurus philosophy free spirit and the self-awareness also havehad the significant influence in particular to Marx to his free view formation, down toyouth Marx Democrite's natural philosophy and Epicurus's natural philosophydifference took own doctoral dissertation composes.
Keywords/Search Tags:Political philosophy, Political freedom, Social contracts
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