Month: June 2011
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Behold the Face of a Gleeful Epicurean: Norman Wentworth DeWitt
Readers of the NewEpicurean blog will know the great esteem in which I hold the work of Professor Norman W. DeWitt, author of Epicurus and His Philosophy. Neither that work...
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A Sketch On The Nature of the Gods
A recent exchange on Facebook led me to compose the following short sketch on the Epicurean view of the gods. Please keep in mind this is one of the most...
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An Ebook Collection Of The Basic Texts – “A Life Worthy Of The Gods”
Today I have added to the website a new epub: “A Life Worthy of the Gods – The Life and Work of Epicurus” which may be downloaded here or, as...
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“You, Father, Found The Truth” – A Combined Father’s Day and Twentieth Message
The opening of Lucretius’ Book III is a particularly appropriate text for father’s day, but in addition I would like to point out something I see as an error that...