Month: December 2012
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The “Yea-Sayers” and the “Nay-Sayers”
What follows is a collection of commentary illustrating (1) that there is a great contest over the much-disputed legacy of Epicurus, and (2) the nature of that contest. Suggestions for...
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Check Out A New Website: DoctrinesOfEpicurus.com, by Nikos the Epicurean
It’s great to announce here a new website devoted to the Doctrines of Epicurus. I have corresponded with the webmaster and I highly recommend you check out his page and...
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The Poet, The Monument-Builder, And Us
Today across the globe many people are exchanging gifts and buying new toys for themselves. Many of those gifts and toys are – to say the least...
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Peace And Safety For Your Twentieth of December!!! – How Do You Choose Your Food?
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Recent events in Connecticut remind us that death at an untimely young age is especially tragic. ...
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“One has but to read Lucretius to know what Epicurus made war upon…”
As we approach December 25th and the tide of religious fervor which it brings to parts of the world, there is no better time to remember the Epicurean history of...
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Happy Hanukkah To The Sadducees!!
[colored_box variation=”red”]UPDATE: Be sure to read this excellent article by Christopher Hitchens: “Hanukkah Celebrates the Triumph of Tribal Jewish Backwardness“[/colored_box] We have now entered the time of year when...