Epicurus’ Happiness Chill Pill, A Riff

Epicurus’ Chill Pill, the “tetrapharmakon,” is comprised of these four maxims.

1. Don’t Fear God

Epicurus believed that whatever entity created the cosmos, it could not possibly be impressed by anything humans are capable of doing. When you can move mountains, why would you be interested in watching ants build a mound? So we need not worry about God’s judgment because God isn’t lording over humans. He’s just not that into us.