| 50BCE | Herculaneum Papyrus |
| 1005,4.9-14 | p.-11 | 22241 | Don't fear god or worry about death; the good is easily got and the terrible easily cured |
| Full Idea: Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, What is terrible is easy to cure. | |||
| From: Philodemus (Herculaneum Papyrus [c.50 BCE], 1005,4.9-14) | |||
| A reaction: This is known as the Four-Part Cure, and is an epicurean prayer, probably formulated by Epicurus. |
| 50BCE | On Signs (damaged) |
| 1.3 | p.261 | 6027 | From the fact that some men die, we cannot infer that they all do |
| Full Idea: There is no necessary inference, from the fact that men familiar to us die when pierced through the heart, that all men do. | |||
| From: Philodemus (On Signs (damaged) [c.50 BCE], 1.3) | |||
| A reaction: This is scepticism about the logic of induction, long before David Hume. This is said to be a Stoic argument against Epicureans - though on the whole Stoics are not keen on scepticism. |