He is at once a hedonist who preaches prudence and temperance, a theist who rejects divine intervention and the survival of the soul, and an atomist who upholds both mechanism and free will.

他同时是一位宣扬谨慎和节制的快乐主义者，一位反对神的介入以及灵魂生存的有神论者，并且是一位同时抱有机械主义与自由意志的原子论者。