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All Dressed Up But No Place To Go
Thanks to Alexander R. for linking to this video at the Science Channel, which alleges that the robot in this example is well on its way to learning emotional associations....
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A Season Of The Year To Remember Fallen Epicureans
Checking back over the last four years, it seems that late in August of odd-numbered years I have resubmitted the following post on “A Season of the Year To Remember Fallen...
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Is the Fountain Of Pleasure Tainted? Or Does the Taint Arise In How We Approach It?
Some people seem to like to quote Lucretius out of context, in a way that implies that Lucretius was attacking, rather than following, pleasure as the guide of life. Here’s...
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Must I Believe “XXX” That Epicurus Said?
In the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Group we often run into questions such as “Must I believe XXX that Epicurus said?” Here’s an example: “Must every position held by Epicurus originally...
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Things That Never Change, And Things That Do
We frequently encounter situations where in the past we had a high opinion of someone, but recent events cause us to lower that opinion considerably. Does this mean that we...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of August!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Many philosophers (particularly Stoics) assert that virtues are ends in themselves. They assert – in...
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Unwinding A Confusion About the Faculty of Pleasure By Considering the Nature of Money
In a recent editorial, noted economic commentator Steve Forbes makes a point about “money” that provides a very useful analogy for those interested in the Epicurean view of “pleasure.” Before...
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Purging Yourself of Stoicism
I believe the most important task that any modern student of Epicurus can do is to examine his or her own thoughts to identify the Stoicisms that have been absorbed...
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*Action* As A Requirement of Pleasure
One of the strong implications of non-Epicurean philosophy is that our goal in life should be to achieve a “state” of mental peace. Such states go under different names according...
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A List of Events Documenting Christian Persecution of Hellenes In The Ancient World
This is just a short post to link to an excellent page that is mostly in Greek, but with an English summary, entitled Christian Persecution Against the Hellenes. The page...