Category: Popular Culture
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Happy New Year 2019!
Thanks to all who have read our posts in 2018. Let’s make 2019 the best ever for Epicurean philosophy! Join us for discussion and the latest for Epicurean projects at...
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PWNING The Concern Trolls For 2000 Years
“A concern troll is a person who participates in a debate posing as an actual or potential ally who simply has some concerns they need answered before they will ally...
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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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The Real Troika
At present the Greeks are focused on the actions of three institutions that are referred to as the “troika” – the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the...
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Defending Epicurus In 1858: “One Epicurus can do more to advance human happiness than a thousand Zenos.”
“HELEN BERNE” An Original Novellette for the Chronicle By R. W. Thomas Clarksville Chronicle, Clarksville Tennessee, Friday, August 13, 1858. (Excerpt from Chapter XV) If all persons of your age,...
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Maximize Pleasurable Living and Avoid Both Pain And Anesthesia (And the Philosophies Which Promote Them!)
Recently a poster on the Epicurean Facebook age asked an excellent question about the concept of being stoical. He posted this definition: “sto·i·cal – adjective – “enduring pain and hardship without showing...
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Keeping Watch With The Epicurean Chorus – Happily Thriving And Alive With Joy!
Thanks to a friend on the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Page, here is a great find – a specifically Epicurean funeral epitaph. This Latin is CIL (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum) number 10.2971....
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New Project: Returning the Eternal Light of Epicureanism to England! And Your Help is Needed!
**New Project: Returning the Eternal Light of Epicureanism to England!** The Roman coin pictured here contains the inscription “Redditor Lucis Aeterna,” which can loosely be translated as “Rebringer of the...
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“Thus Purred Catius’ Cat” – A New Exercise In Summarizing Basic Epicurean Doctrine
I have been working over the recent holidays to prepare a presentation on Epicureanism suitable for the absolute beginning student, approachable even for children. As I worked further on the...
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The Poet, The Monument-Builder, And Us
Today across the globe many people are exchanging gifts and buying new toys for themselves. Many of those gifts and toys are – to say the least...