In Hemingway's story "In Another Country," a character says after his wife's death that a man should not marry—"He should not place himself in a position to lose. He should find things he cannot lose." With these words, the character illustrates the outlook of which philosophy?

a. Epicureanism
b. Pericureanism
c. Paracureanism
d. Stoicism

a.Epicureanism
Rationale: Epicureanism teaches that the greatest good is to seek modest pleasures in order to attain a state of tranquillity, freedom from fear ("ataraxia") and absence from bodily pain ("aponia").