1.Much of it was philosophical writing from the school of Epicurus, who saw pleasure as life's main goal; and there was a Roman comedy.
莎草文稿的大部分内容是伊壁鸠鲁学派的哲学著述，该学派视快乐为人生之本；此外文稿上还写了一部罗马喜剧。
2.As Epicurus explained to his friend Menoeceus, '[The wise man] chooses not the greatest quantity of food but the most pleasant. '
正如伊壁鸠鲁向他的朋友门诺休所说的，（聪明人）挑选食物不求量多，而求可口。
3.A compromise solution, between secular scepticism and a psychological need for the sacred, was offered by the Greek philosopher Epicurus.
希腊哲学家伊壁鸠鲁提出又一解答，折衷了非宗教的怀疑主义与对宗教的心理需要。
4.The main text of his doctoral thesis on "the natural philosophy of Democritus and Epicurus differences in natural philosophy. "
其主要文本为其博士论文《德谟克利特的自然哲学和伊壁鸠鲁的自然哲学之差别》。
5.Epicurus also taught that wisdom was the greatest virtue, for through it we could learn which pleasures to seek and which to avoid.
伊壁鸠鲁还告诉我们，智慧是最大的美德，通过它我们可以学到的如何追求乐趣，并避免痛苦。
6.Contentment, we have been told by Epicurus, consists not in great wealth, but in few wants.
伊壁鸠鲁告诉我们，满足并不在于巨大财富，而是得自寡欲。
7.Epicurus, who was known as a hedonist, didn't argue that the pursuit of more and more pleasure was the key to happiness.
以享乐主义闻名的伊壁鸠鲁，并没有说越来越多的快乐就是幸福的关键。
8.Epicurus suffered all his life from bad health, but learnt to endure it with great fortitude.
伊壁鸠鲁终生都受着疾病的折磨，但他学会了以极大的勇气去承当它。
9.Following Epicurus himself, the Epicureans believed that its never too late to occupy oneself with oneself.
伊璧鸠鲁学派追随其大师之后，相信专注于自己永不嫌太晚。
10.Epicurus writes that it is never too early, never too late, to occupy oneself with one's soul.
伊壁鸠鲁写著：专注于自我的灵魂，永不嫌早，也永不嫌晚。