Epicurus' Garden

[JuuL]

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Here it is - my first real wonder graphics: Epicurus' Garden.
Tanks to Ukas for letting me base this on his Bathhouse gaphics.

From the pediatext:
Epicurus (or "Epikuros" to be correct) was born on the island of Samos in February 341 BC. He started studying philosophy as a young boy.
In 306 Epicurus went to Athens after many years of travelling in the politically turbulent Greece. Here he founded his own school of
philosophy (and the first collective in the world), known as "The Garden".
Epicurus' philosophy was based on the idea that pleasure and pain were the ultimate way of "measuring" good and evil. Epicurus loathed both fame and wealth and tried to live a peaceful life with his friends. He declared that freedom, friends and philosophy are the basis for a good life.
Epicurus died peacefully in 271 BC. With his last words he reminded his friends to remember his philosophy.
Unfortunately Epicurus was almost forgotten in the Middle Ages because of the crude propaganda of the Christian Church that said that his
philosophy was based on gluttony and selfishness.

Suggested effects:
- requires: Philosophy
- obsolete with: Monotheism (or Theology)
- 3 happy citizens (local)
- 1 happy citizen (global)
- 4 culture

The text on the splash is from the Wall of Oinoanda, which was built to remind the citizens of Epicurus' philosophy. I can't read Ancient Greek so I don't know what it says (I hope it isn't something silly)....

 

[Plotinus]

Very good idea!

Two points I would make: Epicurus' Garden wasn't the first "collective", because it was preceded by both Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. And you shouldn't blame the church's "crude" propaganda for the popular misunderstanding of Epicurus: his philosophy had already been extensively smeared by the Platonists and the Stoics. The Christians simply inherited this negative view of Epicurus together with the other elements of Platonism and Stoicism that they incorporated into their theology.

And I'm ashamed to say it, but my grasp of Greek upper case is too feeble to decipher the writing as well...

 

[MaisseArsouye]

I like this idea ! Thank you !

 

[hIdDeN_eViL]

nice splash!

 

[hIdDeN_eViL]

Suggested effects:
- 3 happy citizens (local)
- 1 happy citizen (global)
- 4 culture

thats a bit much isn't it?

 

[LBPB]

Nice idea !

 

[Ukas]

My stuff in good use...

 

[JuuL]

Plotinus:
Good point(s).

MaisseArsouye & LBPB:
Thank you!


hIdDeN_eViL:
You're right. It is extreme. I guess I just like extreme wonders (I have often had to remove some effects from a wonder because there wasn't enough space in the civpedia to write them all).
I'm glad you like my splash.

Ukas:
I'm glad you like it

 

[odintheking]

This is perfect!

 

[Manny Kant]

Awe inspiring. But what will my Skeptics do? They can't build a wonder in retaliation because they'll never know if it is.

 

[Rob (R8XFT)]

I like this wonder and really love the splash you've done. Despite it being a little extreme, I think I'll keep the effects you suggested.

 

[Kyriakos]

You can also have a cynic wonder, Diogenes something Very nice wonder, although the garden looks a bit too mauve (spelling? i mean deep purple)

 

[citizen001]

Looks rather cartoonish, maybe that's just the city view.

 

[Corey]

Splash is nice.