Epicureanism

Epicurus was born in 341 B.C. and was the founder of Epicureanism. He was an Athenian born on the island of Samos.

Epicurus was privately tutored by his father until he was eighteen when he joined the Athenian military. In 311 B.C. he taught at a school in Lesvos, and later became the head of the school. In 306 B.C. he returned to Athens for life and began teaching. His life took place after the death of Alexander the Great. When Epicurus was about seventy-two, he suffered from kidney stones.

Epicurus' philosophies would combine a physics based on an atomistic materialism and a rational hedonistic ethics. Epicurus had an optomistic worldview. His philosophies taught us that we can find hapiness in every situation. Epicurus gave practical insights for human psychology. It says that there is a purpose for intellect developement in western civilization. (source)

A benefit to having an epicureanistic worldview is you see things optomistically, meaning that you see the good in things. I think that a weakness in having an Epicureanistic worldview is the fact that you have a lot of questions, but no answers. God can answer all our questions, but if it is a question of the divinity of God then they would not view him as a valid source, so they wouldn't no the answer.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. (Epicurus)

Epicurus promoted optimisticism, in which he saw the good in the bad. He made a strong basis for even some modern philosophy. But even the benefits of Epicureanism, there were pleanty of weaknesses.

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Boucquey, Thierry, gen. ed. "Epicurus." Encyclopedia of World Writers, Beginnings through the 13th Century. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005.