Month: April 2011
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I Choose Epicurus
I choose to live my life in gratitude to the Nature that produced and sustains me. I therefore gladly choose Epicurus as my guide, and I choose to remind myself...
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A Twentieth message For April from Diogenes of Oinoanda
Once again I am late with my “happy twentieth” message. I had the best of intentions to start a series of these based on the Epicurean Inscription of Diogenes of...
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New Ebook – The Tripod of Truth: An Introduction To The Book That Fell From The Heavens
In today’s post I return to Epicurus’ Canon of Truth, and announce a new ebook on the topic: The Tripod of Truth, An Introduction to the Book That Fell From...
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Epicureanism and Sympathy for Animals
There are several famous passages by Epicurean-influenced authors that indicate a profound sympathy for the feeling of animals. Consider: Lucretius in Book II of De Rerum Natura: (“A calf, struck...