Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant Quotes
Apollodorus, called the Garden Tyrant, was a Greek Epicurean philosopher of the second century BC and head of the Garden in Athens, the eighth or ninth scholarch of the school. His epithet, the Tyrant, was bestowed by his Stoic and Academic rivals on account of the rigor with which he maintained the orthodoxy of the school against doctrinal innovation, and the prolific volume of his writings, more than four hundred books according to Diogenes Laertius. The quotes below are attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant, organized by topic.
Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant on Happiness
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“Pleasure rightly understood is the absence of pain in body and disturbance in soul.”
Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant on Love
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“The friendship of true Epicureans is the most durable of human goods.”
Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant on Truth
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“The doctrines of Epicurus are not to be improved by alteration; they are to be applied.”
Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant on Virtue
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“He who softens the school in order to please outsiders has betrayed the founders.”
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“The Garden flourishes only when its gates are guarded by orthodoxy.”