Spanish–English parallel text
Epicuro de Samos
Epicurus of Samos
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El Jardín
The Garden
Epicuro nació en la isla de Samos, pero su familia venía de Atenas. Era pobre y no tenía amigos poderosos. De joven enseñó en unas pocas ciudades a lo largo de la costa y luego, alrededor de los treinta y cinco años, se mudó a Atenas.
Epicurus was born on the island of Samos, but his family had come from Athens. He was poor, and he had no powerful friends. As a young man he taught in a few cities along the coast, and then, at about thirty-five, he moved to Athens.
No abrió su escuela en el mercado, donde enseñaban los grandes filósofos, y no intentó hacerse famoso. Compró una casa pequeña con un jardín fuera de la muralla de la ciudad y enseñó allí. La gente llamaba a su escuela simplemente «el Jardín».
He did not open his school in the market, where the great philosophers taught, and he did not try to become famous. He bought a small house with a garden outside the city wall, and he taught there. People called his school simply “the Garden”.
El Jardín era extraño y toda la ciudad hablaba de él. No había ninguna puerta que dejara fuera a nadie. Venían mujeres, lo que era poco común. Venían esclavos. Venían hombres ricos y hombres pobres, y dentro del jardín eran iguales. Todos estudiaban, comían y hablaban juntos.
The Garden was strange, and the whole city talked about it. There was no door that shut anyone out. Women came, which was unusual. Slaves came. Rich men and poor men came, and inside the garden they were equals. Everyone studied, ate and talked together.
Muchos de los amigos tenían nombres que se recordaron, y algunos de ellos eran famosos por derecho propio. Estaba Leoncio, que escribió libros y discutió con otros filósofos. Estaba Temista y estaba Mís, un esclavo. En la mayoría de las escuelas de esa época, a esas personas nunca se les permitiría hablar. En el Jardín también eran maestros.
Many of the friends had names that were remembered, and some of them were famous in their own right. There was Leontion, who wrote books and argued with other philosophers. There was Themista, and there was Mys, a slave. In most schools of that time, such people would never have been allowed to speak. In the Garden they were teachers too.
Epicuro no quería su nombre en la boca de la multitud. Tenía un lema: «Vive sin hacerte notar». Decía: «Nunca deseé agradar a la multitud. Lo que yo entiendo, a la multitud no le gusta; y lo que a la multitud le gusta, yo no lo entiendo».
Epicurus did not want his name in the mouths of the crowd. He had a motto: “Live unnoticed.” He said: “I never wished to please the crowd. What I understand, the crowd does not like; and what the crowd likes, I do not understand.”
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