Author: Cassius Amicus
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Peace and Safety for Your Twentieth of March!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! For today’s post, which is particularly applicable to troubled times such as we live in today,...
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Master and Student: Epicurus and Jefferson on the Changing Aspects of Justice
Key Doctrines 37 and 38 state the Epicurean principle that “justice” does not exist in Plato’s forms, religions’ revelations, or in any way outside of the happiness of those men...
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“The Altruist In Politics” – Nathan Cardozo’s Address Against The Platonist Roots of Doctrinaire Socialism and Communism
On the Garden of Epicurus Facebook page the topic of libertarianism and socialism has recently been raised. I prefer to stay out of contemporary political debates in favor of addressing...
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An Example Of Rigorous Thinking That We Would Do Well To Apply to The Study of Epicureanism
Here is some good advice that applies just as well to the study of Epicureanism as it does to the study of diet and nutrition: “Critical to the success of...
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Mr. Spock Was Not An Epicurean God
There an important passage in Book II of Lucretius that is frequently translated in a way I find questionable. Rolfe Humphries, one of my favorite translators, renders it as follows: ...
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Proud to Be Apikoros!
Here’s a new post from Forward- The Jewish Daily, entitled: How Are We Getting Epicurious? It’s a brief read and informative for those who are not aware of the Jewish...
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Research Projects: 2 – The Meaning of the “Tetrapharmakos”
This post is the second of several on particular research projects I want to pursue. I will appreciate it greatly if anyone who has any comment or suggestion emails me...
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Research Projects: 1 – The Meaning of Key Doctrine 6
This post is the first of several on particular research projects I want to pursue. I will appreciate it greatly if anyone who has any comment or suggestion on any...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of February
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! For today’s post I would simply like to reiterate my concern, which I share with Plotina,...
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The Seductive Dead-End of Stoicism
I have long wondered at the (to me) odd sense of passivism and fatalism that I find among some of those who state their admiration for Epicurus. I now think,...