Category: Introductory Material
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Doctrine 24: The Master Instrument of the Architect of Human Happiness
A recent discussion on the nature of the gods recalls to my mind the importance of one of the Authorized Doctrines that is least famous, but which can hardly be...
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If The Road To Damascus Causes You Concern, Consider A Hill Named Cumorah
Epicurus taught us that if we fail to study Nature with sufficient diligence, and if continue to harbor doubts that what the false religions say about the gods may be...
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New Pro-Epicurean Book For Your Library: “Epicurus for Everyone”
This week I learned about a new pro-Epicurean book that I highly recommend: Stuart Pickering’s “Epicurus for Everyone.” Mr. Pickering lives in Australia, and recently (2011) made his new book...
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One More Experimental Video: Hail Epicurus!
One more experimental video: Hail Epicurus! Here’s the refrain: Hail Epicurus, Guide to all Nature! Preachers and Platonists now threaten us in vain; Happy as gods, we can plan for...
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Program Released for the 2012 Panhellenic Symposium on Epicurean Philosophy – Athens, Greece
WOW I wish I were going to this: PRESS RELEASE The Friends of the Epicurean Philosophy “Garden of Athens” and “Garden of Salonica” are organizing the 2nd Panhellenic Symposium of...
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An Epicurean Seminar Agenda From Last Year’s First PanHellenic Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy
A new friend in Greece recently forwarded to me a copy of the Agenda of last year’s Epicurean seminar. I was not able to attend last year, and will miss...
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More From The Epicurean “Homeland” – Symposium In Athens Is Next Month
I failed to catch a typo in yesterday’s post, but I have now corrected it to make clear that the date of the Second Symposium sponsored by the Friends of...
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Hail to the Friends of Epicurus in Greece!
In a recent email from a reader, I learned of the activities of the friends of Epicurus in Greece, and I must say they seem to be thriving better than...
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In Thanks For Another Happy Year at NewEpicurean.com
For my final post of 2011, I would like to end by thanking all those who have added so much to my understanding of Epicureanism over the past year. ...
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The Ideal Epicurean Woman? Exhibit 1: Plotina, Wife of the Emperor Trajan
Perhaps the most famous woman in history of whom we have a portrait, and of whom we can reasonably believe was a devout Epicurean, was Plotina, wife of the Emperor...