Note on the Translation Editors' Introduction: Jean-Marie Guyau on Epicurus and the Art of Living: A Novel Approach to the History of Philosophy Foreword: On the Method Used for the Exposition of Systems Introduction: Epicureanism in Antiquity and Modernity Book One: The Pleasures of the Flesh Chapter 1: Pleasure: The End of Life and the Principle of All Ethics Chapter 2: Fundamental Pleasure: The Stomach Chapter 3: The Rule of Pleasure: Utility. - Happiness, The Sovereign Good Chapter 4: Desire. - The Ultimate End of Desire: Rest, Enjoyment of Self Book Two: The Pleasures of the Soul Chapter 1: Intellectual and Moral Serenity - Science, Opposed by Epicurus to the Idea of Miracle Chapter 2: Freedom - Contingency in Nature, the Condition of Human Freedom Chapter 3: Tranquillity in the Face of Death. - Epicurean Theory of Death, and its Relation to Contemporary Theories Book Three: Private and Public Virtues Chapter 1: Courage and Temperance. Love and Friendship. The Genesis of Friendship. The Conduct of the Sage in Human Society. Chapter 2: Justice and the Social Contract Chapter 3: Progress in Humanity Chapter 4: Epicurean Piety.

The Struggle against Divinity understood as Efficient Cause Conclusion: Epicureanism and its Analogies with Modern Positivism. The Success of Epicureanism in Antiquity Book Four: The Modern Successors of Epicurus Chapter 1: The Epoch of Transition Between Ancient Epicureanism and Modern Epicureanism - Gassendi and Hobbes Chapter 2: La Rochefoucauld - The Psychology of Epicureanism Chapter 3: Spinoza - Synthesis of Epicureanism and Stoicism Chapter 4: Helvétius Chapter 5: The Spirit of Epicureanism in Eighteenth-Century France Conclusion: Contemporary Epicureanism Bibliography Index.