%0 Journal Article
%T Lecture ¨¦cologiste de la lettre D¡¯Epicure ¨¤ M¨¦n¨¦c¨¦e: actualit¨¦ d¡¯un texte grec ancien pour penser la relation de l¡¯humanit¨¦ ¨¤ la nature
%A Edith Deleage-Perstunski
%J Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente
%D 2007
%I Universidade Federal do Paran¨¢
%X There are three reasons why it is well worth rereading an ancient Greek text by Epicure: firstly, because our civilization is marked by the crisis of European science, nihilism, post-modern culture and barbarous reasoning; secondly, because 21st century philosophical thought is primarily concerned with examining our relationship to nature, the ¡°natural question¡±, and the code of ethics best suited to our technological civilization; and lastly because it is necessary to ascertain the presuppositions and implications involved in research aimed at technoscientific development. In a letter Epicure wrote in the 4th century BC to his friend M¨¦n¨¦c¨¦e, he outlines the rules to be followed for living a pleasurable life. These rules happen to be the standard ecological ideal for living in harmony with the earth of ours. A nostalgic, utopian rereading of a philosophical text by Epicure.
%K a pleasurable life
%K a habitable earth
%K a sense of proportion and an awareness of limits.
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