Category: Introductory Material
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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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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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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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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...
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The Same Span of Time – The Major Works of Thomas Cooper, M.D.
Today I am pleased to announce the launch of another Ebook which may be of interest to students of Epicureanism: The Same Span of Time: The Major Works of Thomas...
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First Edition of New Ebook: In Search of the Missing Third Leg: The Testimony of Jackson Barwis
The following is the introduction to a new epub I am preparing on Anticipations. Although I do not contend that he was an avowed Epicurean, I have been reading the...
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R.I.P. BlackJack – 02/03/11 (With Update for Prince William – 01/27/13)
Of the profound wisdom that most of the world misses in its failure to understand Epicurus, one of the most important is found in the Second Principal Doctrine: the truth...
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“I love you too well to leave you to the company of a life-long dream.”
“I see you digging up treasure, spreading your wings, nursing extravagant ideas, indulging impossible hopes; and I love you too well to leave you to the company of a life-long...
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A New Year’s Resolution: Following Up On A Comment Of Thomas Jefferson
NOTE: THIS POST HAS NOW BEEN SUPERSEDED BY THE INFORMATION HERE. In 1819 Thomas Jefferson wrote, as part of his letter to William Short: I have sometimes thought of translating...