Author: Cassius Amicus
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Aonius Palearius: Oration to the Citizens of Lucca
Here is a reference to a work with strong Epicurean overtones by Aonius Palearius, who was executed for heresy in July, 1570. I hesitate to trust the accuracy of the...
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PWNING The Concern Trolls For 2000 Years
“A concern troll is a person who participates in a debate posing as an actual or potential ally who simply has some concerns they need answered before they will ally...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of October – Lorenzo Valla Sides With Epicurus Over the Stoics
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be – Happy Twentieth! On this Twentieth of October I’d like to call your attention to a page that contains...
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Notes on “Justice”
This post is just a placeholder for setting up a page of links on Epicurean concepts of Justice. PD 31. Natural justice is a pledge of reciprocal benefit, to prevent...
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A Recap of Principles of Epicurean Physics
There are many who lurk who don’t get a chance to do much extra reading. For their benefit let me drop back to the most fundamental observations of Epicurus about...
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Science / Physics Update
Several recent emails from a reader have reminded me that physics /science is an important part of Epicurean philosophy. Epicurus did not just presume that “living pleasurably” should be the...
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Comments On the “Choice of Hercules”
An influential legend well known at the time of Epicurus on the topic of “Virtue vs. Pleasure” was the “Choice of Hercules” (whose name is also rendered into English as...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of September – Epicurus vs. Plato – Part 1 – “Gorgias”
It is my view that one of the most important things we can do to better understand Epicurus is to study the majority opinion of the leading philosophers who came...
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Anticipations, Heat, and Patterns of Behavior
A part of any discussion of anticipations will revolve around the extent to which anticipations refer to (1) the formation of concepts through reasoning and experience, or (2) the influence of...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of August!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be – Happy Twentieth! Recently in the Facebook group we’ve had opportunity to once again discuss the...