Not all friendships conform to Epicurean ideals.

并非所有的友谊都符合鸠鲁的理想。

But, as opposed to what Epicurus believed, friendships may not be so essential.

但是，与鸠鲁的观点相反，友谊可能并不那么重要。

Maybe that's the argument that Epicurus had in mind.

也许这就是鸠鲁脑中的观点。

Well, that would be a possible way to respond to this second possible interpretation of Epicurus' argument.

这也许可以回应对鸠鲁文字的第二种解释。

Again, the passage from Epicurus isn't altogether clear, but maybe he's got in mind something like this argument.

鸠鲁的这段话总的来看有点费解，但也许他脑中已有了这样的观点。

According to Epicurus, friendship is based on trust, treating each other well, and maintaining a generous attitude.

鸠鲁的说法，友谊建立在信任的基础上，善待对方，保持慷慨的态度。

But of course, if we do go back to the existence requirement, then we're back with Epicurus' argument.

但是 如果我们接受存在前提，我们就会回到鸠鲁的论断。

If we extrapolate from Epicurus' views, we can see that the benefits of friendship still stand today.

如果我们从鸠鲁的观点推断，我们可以看到友谊的好处今天仍然存在。

Fear of the gods brought many people to the garden of Epicurus.

对众神的恐惧使许多人来到了鸠鲁的花园。

There's an Epicurean solution to all of this or it could undermine faith.

这一切或许有一个鸠鲁式的解决之道，但也可能动摇信仰。

Fergus, I think you might be a little bit of a closet epicurean.

弗格斯，我觉得你可能有点儿隐秘的鸠鲁主义倾向。

Earlier, he's asking about, hey, do you have any Epicurean poems or stuff like that?

早些时候，他在询问，“嘿，你们有鸠鲁学派的诗作或类似的东西吗？”

But Epicurus bequeathed his gardens to his own school.

但是鸠鲁把他的花园遗赠给了他自己的学校。

And Epictetius was one of his big inspirations.

鸠鲁是他重要的灵感来源之一。

The Epicurean says, why isn't the erotic good enough?

鸠鲁学派的人会说，为何情欲还不够好呢？

Social justice really be reconciled with the idea that pleasure is all Floating over Epicureanism for all.

社会正义真的能与快乐至上的理念相协调吗？这可是覆盖了整个鸠鲁主义的观点。

He wrote a history of Alexander the Great and he produced eight volumes of these transcripts of Epictetus.

他撰写了一部亚历山大大帝的传记，并整理出版了鸠鲁学说的八卷本讲义。

And also I'd just like to say there is someone who thinks pleasure is virtuous and that's Epicurus.

另外，我想提一下，有位名叫鸠鲁的人认为快乐本身就是一种美德。

And I think I see very little, very little of that in Epictetus.

我认为在鸠鲁的教诲中，这种观点体现得非常少，非常少。

No, I don't find melancholy at all in Epictetus.

不，我在鸠鲁的哲学中完全找不到忧郁的影子。