Author: Cassius Amicus
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The Principal Doctrines on Your Mobile Phone
This past weekend the site was upgraded to automatically display in a mobile format when viewed by handheld browsers such as iphones, Palm Webos, Android, etc. The mobile format is...
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In Memory of Volcano Day, August 24th, in the year 832 From the Founding of Rome
Today is the day traditionally marked as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in the year 832 AUC. Tragic as that day was, it at least preserved for us information about...
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The NewEpicurean Library
New for today on the website is The NewEpicurean Library. The ancient Epicurean texts remaining to us today are available freely on the internet in a variety of translations, and...
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A day late, but not forgotten … Peace and Safety for Your 20th of August!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans among us, no matter where you might be! As we remember Epicurus and the original pathfinders of Epicureanism, here’s a thought for the day,...
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To the Hearts In Darkness: A Brief Introduction to Epicurus
When Thomas Jefferson wrote “I too am an Epicurean,” he was not referring to his taste in food or wine. Most people today are familiar with Epicurus only from the...
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Freedom Isn’t Free – Agora, the movie (2010)
This weekend I had the opportunity to see Agora, the recent movie starring Rachel Weisz. Agora is now showing only in the U.S., in very limited distribution prior to the...
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Not by Chance, Not by Fortune, Not by Fate, Not by Accident, and Not by the Gods was the World Made, But by Natural Law
Epicurus has been slandered through the ages with the contention that he taught that the universe arose “by accident.” Religionists warned their flocks away from Epicurus by arguing that the...
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No Fate But What We Make
A discussion of the details of “Terminator 2” is far beyond the scope of this blog, but composites made from two scenes of that movie form a good frame for...
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On The Critical Distinction Between “Events” And “Accidents”
In the course of preparing a presentation of De Rerum Natura with the translations of Cyril Bailey, H.A.J. Munro, and the original Latin in parallel, I came across a translation...
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Illustrating Epicureanism Through A Pompeian Mosaic
Short of some future scholar uncovering an inscription confirming the purpose of the mosaic found in the house of Marcus Vesonius Primus in Pompeii, there is no way for us to...