{"product_id":"9780241419564","title":"The fourfold remedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat do we really need in order to live a happy life? Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offers a seemingly simple answer: pleasure. All we really want is pleasure. Today we tend to associate the word 'Epicurean' with the enjoyment of fine food and wine and decadent self-indulgence. But, as philosopher John Sellars shows, these things are a world away from the vision of a pleasant life developed by Epicurus and his followers who were more concerned with mental pleasures and avoiding pain. Their goal, in short, was a life of tranquillity. In vivid, elegant prose, Sellars walks us through the history of Epicureanism from a private garden on the edge of ancient Athens to the streets of ancient Rome, to explore a completely different way of thinking about the pleasures of friendship, our place in the world and the meaning of death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen Lane","offers":[{"title":"John \/ Sellars","offer_id":39505392042032,"sku":"9780241419564","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/products\/9780241419564_674ea783-ae0b-464b-afba-9010f545bca3.jpg?v=1620496855","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/9780241419564","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}