Category: A Few Days In Athens
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of January!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! On this Twentieth of January I’d like to repost a section from Frances Wright’s “A Few...
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Announcing the Launching of “AFewDaysInAthens.com”
I believe Frances Wright’s “A Few Days In Athens” to be an important book in presenting the story of Epicurus to new generations. For that reason I am today launching...
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A “Map View” of “A Few Days In Athens” and the World of Epicurus
This is a work in progress, folks, but I will post updates as the work proceeds. Hopefully this will be helpful both for new readers of Frances Wright’s “A Few...
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Strike Blows For Epicurus In The Way He Advised – With Compassion
Two recent internet blogs have afforded an unusually good opportunity to “strike a blow for Epicurus.” The two blog entries are “Epicureanism and Regret in Modern Culture” at TheAmericanConservative.com and...
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Frances Wright On The Proper Epicurean Attitude Toward Those With Whom We Disagree
This weekend in reviewing a number of different items in a number of contexts, I had reason to revisit a section of “A Few Days In Athens” that concerns something...
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Stoic vs. Epicurean: The Confrontation Between Zeno And Epicurus in Frances Wright’s “A Few Days In Athens”
Many fans of Epicurus have only a passing understanding of the inherent and irreconcilable conflict between Epicureanism and Stoicism. An excellent presentation of those differences can be found in Chapter...
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“Tell me not, Zeno, that the teacher is vicious who washes depravity from the youthful heart; who lays the storm of its passions, and turns all its sensibilities to good.”
The following words never were spoken by Epicurus, but they entered world literature in 1822, over the name of Frances Wright, and they clearly come from the pen of someone...
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The Book On Epicurus Thomas Jefferson Called “A Treat To Me Of The Highest Order” – A FEW DAYS IN ATHENS
One of the great benefits of studying online is to receive the assistance and suggestions of others, and I am indebted to Ed Lee for directing my attention to what...