Epicurus
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"Keeping the body healthy and soul free of perturbations -- because this is indeed the ultimate purpose of a blessed life"
                Letter to Meneoceus: Pleasure and Pain, page 51-52

"First and foremost, one should not think that there is any other purpose to the study of celestial phenomena - whether studied in conjunction with other teaching or independently - beside the production of imperturbable tranquility and unshakable conviction - as is true of the rest of life."
                Letter to Pythocles: The Purpose of Meteorological Studies, page 30

"Because our lives have no need of irrational babble and hollow beliefs but of how we can live without disturbance."
                Letter to Pythocles: Appropriate Method, page 30

"Those who urge the young to live well and the old to die well are nitwits. Not only because life is intrinsically valuable and worthy of being welcomed at all times, but also because the study of how to die well is one and the same with the study of how to live well"
                Letter to Pythocles: Appropriate Method, page 30