Marx's theory of alienation highlights his analysis of alienated labor conducted by political economy and sees the worker as an instrument of misery for the production of goods . This article will examine the contrasting perspective given by Marx and Epicurus for a good and meaningful life, and will suggest that Marx's vision is more persuasive than Epicurus', particularly because Marx's concept refers to our contemporary social phenomena which are very more similar to what we are experiencing today. In fact, this article will highlight two topics that are markedly different between Marx's and Epicurus's views of life. Firstly, according to Marx the purpose of life is related to some types of activities such as work and materialistic consideration, where Epicurus focuses on one's experience such as pleasure, contemplation and friendship. Secondly, Marx does not consider wisdom important, whereas Epicurus thinks wisdom is a key to achieving happiness in life. Marx's vision of alienation is a response to political economy and capitalism and that he developed an important relationship between man, production and reality. with human nature. He sees workers choosing work to keep themselves alive; work is not a voluntary thing. People create products that do not belong to them and work to satisfy the needs of others (e.g. factory owners), not their own, and were considered “forced labor”. Therefore, in a certain sense, work becomes a way to disconnect from one's human nature. (p. 51,52) The act of production in a certain sense alienates workers from their activities. Workers are alienated from the object for which they were produced, the higher productivity a worker achieves, the more he loses the nature of being human. Since the product is not their own creation, the workers are... means of paper... maintaining our basic living standards. I have the feeling that we live in the alienated social structure described by Marx. Employees paid by the employer with an hourly rate, working hours; we have deadlines and work objectives. However, we still spend most of our time at work and produce products or provide services that are not ours. Works Cited Epicurus (1), "Letter to Menoeceus" in Jackman (ed.), Phil 1100: The Meaning of Life, Course Kit, York University 2013, pp. 25-26.Epicurus (2), "Principle Doctrines" in Jackman (ed.), Phil 1100: The Meaning of Life, Course Kit, York University 2013, pp. 27-29.Jackman, H.2013 (1). "Karl Marx", Lecture Notes, University of York, 2013.Jackman. H.2013 (2). “Epicurus”. Lecture notes. University of York. 2013Marx, Alienated Labor. (1844). In Jackman (ed.), Phil 1100: The Meaning of Life, Course Kit, York University 2013, pp. 51-54