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On the extant fragments of Epicurus (341\\u2013270 BCE) dealing with ethics, including his "Letter to Menoceus," \\u201cThe Principal Doctrines,\\u201d and \\u201cThe Vatican Collection of Epicurean Sayings.\\u201d Plus Tim O\\u2019Keefe\\u2019s Epicureanism (2010) and Martha Nussabum\\u2019s The Therapy of Desire (1994).

How are we supposed to act once we understand nature as atoms bouncing and swerving around in the void, temporarily producing order through fortuitous collisions? Ruling out demanding gods means ethics is dictated by human nature: we avoid pain and pursue pleasure. However, we\'re very bad at this, and Epicurus wants to fix all of us!

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