Author: Cassius Amicus
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“If You Reject Absolutely Any Single Sensation … You Will Reject Every Standard of Truth.”
Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend some quality time with a close friend and discuss philosophy. As we inevitably got to the point of discussing the “origin of the...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of September!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Today, at a time when much of the world is cowed into silence by an oppressive...
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“Will We Be The First Martians?”
An article in USAToday entitled “Will We Be The First Martians” brings to mind an application of an important passage from Lucretius. Just as mankind today is about to take...
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Food For Thought On “Images” From the Age of Epicureanism
We don’t often discuss the Epicurean view of “images” anymore, but certainly Epicurus considered them significant, and discussion of them occupies a good deal of space in Lucretius’ De Rerum...
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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! For today’s post I have selected “Aphorism 7” from Neitzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil.” 7. How...
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How Would Epicurus Answer Nietzsche?
This weekend I finished reading H.L. Mencken’s “The Philosophy of Frederich Nietzsche” and I’d like to pick out part of Mencken’s conclusion as particularly interesting to a student of Epicurus. ...
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“Epicurus had triumphed, and every respectable intellect in Rome was Epicurean—when Paul appeared.”
Thanks to a recent post in the “Garden of Epicurus” Facebook page, I have now taken the time to read Nietzsche’s “The AntiChrist.” I have read nothing else by Nietzsche...
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“Reasoning In Accordance With The Facts”
I have been reminded that I regularly make fairly pointed comments on the topic of “reason,” and I want to take this opportunity to explain why. This post is especially...
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Twentieth Of July Special Edition – “And By His Victory We Reach The Stars!”
I think Epicurus would have been fascinated and very proud of this: So his force, His vital force of mind, a conqueror Beyond the flaming ramparts of the world Explored...
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Peace And Safety For Your Twentieth of July!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! For today’s post I would simply like to quote my favorite passage from Book I of...