Author: Cassius Amicus
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An Enlightened Exchange Between Friends On The Absurdity of the Doctrine of Necessity
One of the major implications of the First Principle Doctrine is that the doctrine of Necessity, in all its forms, is absurd and monstrous. As Epicurus wrote in his letter...
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Peace and Safety for Your Twentieth of May!
“Genial, Reasonable, Yet Resolute” My thought for the day was prompted by a line from “St. Paul and Epicurus,” wherein Norman Dewitt stated that “[T]he philosophy of Epicurus was animated...
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I Choose Epicurus
I choose to live my life in gratitude to the Nature that produced and sustains me. I therefore gladly choose Epicurus as my guide, and I choose to remind myself...
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A Twentieth message For April from Diogenes of Oinoanda
Once again I am late with my “happy twentieth” message. I had the best of intentions to start a series of these based on the Epicurean Inscription of Diogenes of...
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New Ebook – The Tripod of Truth: An Introduction To The Book That Fell From The Heavens
In today’s post I return to Epicurus’ Canon of Truth, and announce a new ebook on the topic: The Tripod of Truth, An Introduction to the Book That Fell From...
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Epicureanism and Sympathy for Animals
There are several famous passages by Epicurean-influenced authors that indicate a profound sympathy for the feeling of animals. Consider: Lucretius in Book II of De Rerum Natura: (“A calf, struck...
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The Tripod of Truth
When designing the cover for the first edition of my Jackson Barwis ebook, I used a photo of a replica of a tripod that had been discovered in Herculaneum. That...
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“…I’m happy because it happened once.”
Is Epicureanism grim because it teaches us that the soul dies with the body, and that gods do not take a personal interest in relieving us from our troubles? The...
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Peace and Safety for Your Twentieth of March!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans among us, no matter where you might be! For your twentieth of March here are two Epicurean thoughts recorded by Seneca on the need...
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Revision of the Jackson Barwis Ebook — On Three Legs We Stand
I have found the work of eighteenth-century writer Jackson Barwis to be of great interest, and I commend it to fellow students of Epicureanism. Barwis’ work is built on...