For this philosopher, the soul is made up of atoms
Posted by Michel Morvan on
His philosophy aims to achieve happiness . It is often confused with hedonism, which aims to achieve pleasure. He also considers that the physical world is made up of indivisible atoms and thinks that the same is true for the soul .
This is Epicurus and the philosophy he developed is called Epicureanism . Rather than a philosophy advocating the pursuit of pleasure to excess, it instead recommends a balance , seeking actions that will produce the least pain. It prescribes a life of temperate joy , tranquility and self-sufficiency .
This is a bit of an approach that is practiced in this atypical psychology practice , where an old lady comes to get help to overcome the absence of a runaway cat , a young boy finds it completely natural to come and tell his father's dreams , an amazon with a breast amputated turns up, guided by a taxi driver who has fallen head over heels in love with her face seen in the rearview mirror... In La belle ogresse , by Joëlle Pétillot, more or less wounded lives intertwine, and Louise, the beautiful and buxom secretary reigns over this ballet of things said and things left unsaid with a formidable weapon against the anxiety of some or the supposed inability to bring happiness to others: gluttony . The smells of caramel and vanilla , orange and chocolate intervene in a most earthy way to calm things down. And the two shrinks, who are supposed to take notes in a serious tone, quickly become aware of this. By working like sculptors on this human dough in a way that is, to say the least, unexpected, they will find themselves in a position to exercise a discipline that is too little known to their peers: Epicurean psychology .
