Epicurus's Pharmacy
Fusaro, Diego Since antiquity, Epicurus¿ thought has been compared to a powerful drug able to cure the pains of the soul that have always tormentedman preventing him from living a peaceful existence: but we know that the Greek term pharmakon can be interpreted in its two opposite meanings of medicine and poison, and indeed, the same duplicity animates Epicurus¿ philosophy which, by acting as a medicine for the human soul, also has the effect of a poison, de...