Psychology 451 Lecture 6Outline of Last LectureI. Karma and ReincarnationII. Epicurean BeliefsLucretius Outline of Current Lecture I. LucretiusII. EpictetusCurrent Lecture1/30/14- Lucretiuso “Do you not see that nature is barking for two things only, a body free from pain, a mind released from worry and fear for the enjoyment of pleasurable sensations?” We should fear pleasurable things? It will corrupt uso “This dread and darkness of the mind cannot be dispelled by the sunbeams, the shrinking shafts of day, but only by an understanding of the outward from and inner workings of nature” Fear of the mind is conquered only by knowledgeo We wear a mask during our liveso Men do what they do because of fear of death- Epictetuso “If it ever happens that you turn outward to want to please another person, certainly you have lost your plan of life.” one should never waste one’s life in working to only please others and deny the self any satisfaction we should never work only to please other people. If we do this, then we have lost our purpose in life but if we live life to only please others then we have given away the rights of ourlife and our happiness to another person, when those should only belong to usThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. we must first work to forward our own lives, and then we can help people along the way that we encounter, instead of leaving the path of our lives to wander into the messy paths of others, at the destruction to our own lifeo “Remember that what is insulting is not the person who abuses you or hits you, but the judgment about them that they are insulting. So when someone irritates you be aware that what irritates you is your own belief.” when someone irritates you, it may be more your perception of the person and the irritation that makes it anger and bother you, not the person or action itself you should always examine the person and action to see if it actually bothers you, or if you need to adjust your thinking about these things so that you will not be irritated it is my own beliefs or perception of the person or their action that is angering me, not actually the person or their intended purpose of their