Month: November 2012
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Peter Saint-Andre On The Possible Epicurean Basis for the “Seven Deadly Sins”
Peter Saint-Andre has recently posted an outstanding analysis of the possible Epicurean basis of the “Seven Deadly Sins (lust, gluttony, avarice or greed, sloth, wrath or anger, envy, and pride). ...
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Epicurus On The Importance Of Gratitude
To mark this “Thanksgiving Day” in the United States, the following guidance on Epicurean gratitude is taken directly from the introductory paragraph of Chapter XIV of Norman DeWitt’s Epicurus and...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of November! – On Doctrine 39, and “Passing By”
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! For today’s memorial post, let me refer you to Doctrine 39, which has long seemed to...