The "good life" A diachronic perspective of the welfare concept of northwest amazonian Tucano of the light of doctrine of Epicurus

The traditional notion of "good life" among the western Tucano reminds one of central aspects of Epicur who put the values of self-sufficiency, ascesis, refusal of the longing for material possession, and a secluded life into the center of his philosophy. While the pursuit of an analogous set of values resulted in the feeling of contentment among the eighteenth-century Tucano, today many of them see themselves as "poor." In their attempt to find a balance between ancient ideas and the contemporary globalized economic system, a successful life seems almost impossible to realize even if there are tendencies to try and reunite happiness and self-sufficiency.