EPICURUS - METHOD

<BODY> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=5><B><FONT SIZE=6>EPICURUS</FONT><BR> THE MASTER OF PLEASURE</B></FONT></CENTER><P> <FONT SIZE=4><B>Method</B></FONT><P> Epicurus rejected <A HREF="../t03/g009.html" TARGET="_top">dialectic</A> as fruitless word play. His standards of truth are our sensations, preconceptions, conceptions and feelings:<P> <IMG ALIGN=Left SRC="0706a.jpg" WIDTH="188" HEIGHT="180" ALT="EPICURUS METHOD"> <BLOCKQUOTE>"Our canon is that direct observation by sense and direct apprehension by the mind are alone invariably true."<P> (Diogenes Laertius X.62)</BLOCKQUOTE><BR clear=left><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>"In the study of nature we must not conform to empty assumptions and arbitrary laws, but follow the promptings of the facts; for then our life has no need of unreason and false opinion."<P> (Diogenes Laertius X.87)</BLOCKQUOTE> Epicurean physics acknowledges two things only - matter, which is made up of small indivisible and unchangeable particles and space through which these particles move. <BR clear=left><BR> <HR width=100%> <A HREF="http://www.creatorix.com.au"><IMG SRC="../creatorix.gif" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="40" BORDER="0" ALT="Creatorix" align=right></A> </BODY>