Author: Cassius Amicus
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Gibbon, The Immortality of the Soul, and Epicureanism Among Women – Part I
Several recent emails and Facebook posts have me thinking about a phenomena that seems even more rare today than that of men who publicly embrace Epicurus’ Principle Doctrines: women who...
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Love, Marriage, and the Epicurean in the Modern World
This past week I received a very interesting set of emails from a fan of Epicurus by the name of Maruli Marulaki, who related to me her desire to find...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of October! – “Just as there is no profit in medicine unless it expels the diseases of the body, so there is none in philosophy either unless it expels the malady of the soul.”
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans among us, no matter where you might be! For today I have selected a brief excerpt from Chapter Three of DeWitt’s Epicurus and His...
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Cicero’s “Defense of Epicurus” – And An Invitation To Speak for Epicurus Today
I have mentioned on this blog before that Charlton Griffin’s audiobook recording of Lucretius’ On The Nature of Things was my real introduction to the world of Epicureanism. I have...
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“Vain is the word of that philosopher by which no malady of mankind is healed.”
Time for more from Norman DeWitt’s Epicurus and His Philosophy! The remainder of this post is a quote from Chapter Three: Epicurus was in revolt also against the teachings of...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of September! – A listening suggestion.
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans among us, no matter where you might be! Before this month is over, author Stephen Greenblatt will be releasing his new book on Lucretius...
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Reflections on Epicurean Ethics
A recent discussion on Facebook prompted the following reflections, which I want to summarize on the NewEpicurean blog for future reference. The discussion was prompted in part by a common...
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A Season of the Year To Remember Fallen Epicureans
One of the things that motivates me in the study of Epicureanism is the knowledge that two thousand years ago a very large living breathing group of people walked the...
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Who Will Choose To Seek What He Can Never Find? – An Exercise in Summarizing the Epicurean Inscription by Diogenes of Oinoanda
The Epicurean Inscription of Oinoanda is one of the most fascinating relics of the ancient world, and to the extent that it has been preserved it is an excellent authority...
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Major New Book on Lucretius About to Be Released!
Thanks To Stefan at www.stress-freedom.net for the info that a major new book is about to be released about Lucretius and De Rerum Natura / On The Nature of Things. ...