![]() Anyone using the information provided by Kidadl does so at their own risk and we can not accept liability if things go wrong.Įpicurus was an ancient Greek sage and philosopher.Įpicurus was best known as the creator of Epicureanism which was a school of influential philosophy. Kidadl cannot accept liability for the execution of these ideas, and parental supervision is advised at all times, as safety is paramount. We recommend that these ideas are used as inspiration, that ideas are undertaken with appropriate adult supervision, and that each adult uses their own discretion and knowledge of their children to consider the safety and suitability. Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. We recognise that not all activities and ideas are appropriate and suitable for all children and families or in all circumstances. Kidadl provides inspiration to entertain and educate your children. We will always aim to give you accurate information at the date of publication - however, information does change, so it’s important you do your own research, double-check and make the decision that is right for your family. We try our very best, but cannot guarantee perfection. We strive to recommend the very best things that are suggested by our community and are things we would do ourselves - our aim is to be the trusted friend to parents. It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.At Kidadl we pride ourselves on offering families original ideas to make the most of time spent together at home or out and about, wherever you are in the world. The great thieves lead away the little thief. He has the most who is most content with the least. Stand a little less between me and the sun. When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance. The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others. It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music. Most men are within a finger’s breadth of being mad. ![]() The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust. I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. ![]() We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.Ī friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly. The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them. I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals. I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be. It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend. Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.Īs a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. It was said of Diogenes that throughout his life he “searched with a lantern in the daylight for an honest man.” And though Diogenes apparently did not find an honest man, he had, in the process, “exposed the vanity and selfishness of man.” His goal was to show people how pathetic their superficial lives were and how dishonest society was. He was an unconventional and controversial philosopher. Antisthenes believed that happiness was only obtained by “complete independence”, throwing away comfortable life and living with nothing and in extreme poverty, eating and drinking with his hands only. Diogenes was a pupil of Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates.
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