Month: April 2013
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What the World Needs Now: Thoughts on Peter St. Andre’s “Letters on Epicurus: A Dialogue about Happiness”
In my last post I commented that I had learned of two recent updates by Peter St. Andre, and this is to comment on the second of those updates. But...
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“Epicurean Analysis” By Peter St. Andre
It is very helpful to me as a student of Epicurus to read the writings of other students of Epicurus and to see what they find interesting. That shouldn’t be...
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“What destroys a man more quickly than to work, think and feel without inner necessity, without any deep personal desire, without pleasure—as a mere automaton of duty?”
For an eloquent statement of the disaster of decadence that awaits those who disparage Pleasure, see the selections in bold red below. Consider how much of the worlds religions and...
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) – Ode 3, 29
The entire poem is outstanding as is reproduced in full below, but here is a highlight (Dryden version): “Happy he, Self-centred, who each night can say My life is...