Category: Seneca
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Seneca’s Description of Epicurus’ “Supreme Good”
For purposes of this post I will put aside for a moment the question of whether search for a “Supreme Good” is a Stoic/Platonic rationalization of which Epicurus did or...
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Hail To The Homeland: “What madness it is to learn superfluous things!”
As those of us in the rest of the world go about our weekends, remember those who have the opportunity to attend the 2012 Panhellenic Symposia on Epicurean Philosophy in...
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“It Is Not Enough To Live Well; One Must Also Die Well.”
Hollywood rarely portrays Epicurean characters fairly, but the attached video clip from 1951’s Quo Vadis is one such an example, and in it we can find a useful portrayal of...
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An Epicurean Test of Whether a Desire is Contrary to Nature
Seneca’s Letters – Book I – Letter XVI: This also is a saying of Epicurus: “If you live according to nature, you will never be poor; if you live according...
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Peace and Safety for Your Twentieth of March!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans among us, no matter where you might be! For your twentieth of March here are two Epicurean thoughts recorded by Seneca on the need...