Talk:Doctrine 32/@comment-3069206-20101109173441

Epicurus seems to be saying that contracts (covenants) are the basis for civilised behaviour, or, at least, the basis of justice.

It seems to me that this excludes the notion of the social contract. We must make covenants, or contracts, with other people, not with an abstract state.

I wonder if this is part of his apolitical (or anti-political) stance.