The man who says that all things happen of necessity cannot criticize one who says that not all things happen of necessity. For he admits that the very statement he is making is made of necessity.
— Epicurus Ancient

Epicurean philosophy

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Fragment 40

Date / Period

c. 300 BCE

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Controversial

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