Full Idea
It would be better to follow the stories told about the gods than to be a slave to the fate of the natural philosophers.
Gist of Idea
Sooner follow mythology, than accept the 'fate' of natural philosophers
Source
Epicurus (Letter to Menoeceus [c.291 BCE], 134)
Book Reference
Epicurus: 'The Epicurus Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B. /Gerson,L. [Hackett 1994], p.31
A Reaction
At this point in history there is a blurring between autonomous decisions and what we now call free will, and also between fate and determinism, which we try to keep distinct.
Related Idea
Idea 14061 Our own choices are autonomous, and the basis for praise and blame [Epicurus]