Category: Twentieth Memorials
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Happy Twentieth of February 2019 – Remembering Epicurus Through The Prickly Cicero
For today’s Twentieth, here is confirmation of the importance of the Twentieth to Ancient Epicureans, even through the words of the spiteful Cicero, who did his best to undermine Epicurean...
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Happy Twentieth of January, 2019!
Happy Twentieth of January 2019! For this 20th I would like to remind friends of Epicurus of the Greek tradition of considering Epicurus and Epicureans as“Phaeacian.” This label may not...
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Happy Twentieth of November! My Latest Outline of Fundamentals
Happy Twentieth of November! Over the last month I have spent a considerable amount of time refining what I think is my most best summary of the fundamentals of Epicurean...
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Happy Twentieth of October!
Happy Twentieth of October! For this Twentieth I would like to return to a recurring theme at NewEpicurean.com – that of restating what I see to be some of the...
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Happy Twentieth of September!
Happy Twentieth of September! It appears that he march of time and implacable updates to WordPress have blown away my ability to create new posts at NewEpicurean.com, so until I get...
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Happy Twentieth of August!
Happy Twentieth of August! Oh my gosh the 20th is almost over here in my time zone and I haven’t issued a “Happy 20th” myself here at Facebook or Epicureanfriends.com, or...
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Happy Twentieth of July! – “Dreading Nothing So Much As To Seem To Doubt Of Anything!” :-)
Happy Twentieth of July! Recent discussions of Epicurean gods provide a great opportunity to review one of the most delightful of the records preserved by Cicero, from his “On The...
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Happy Twentieth of June! — Vatican Saying 38 – Pleasure strengthens us; Pain Destroys Us
Happy Twentieth of June! Vatican Saying 38 is a very interesting contribution to our understanding of Epicurus’ view of pleasure, not as something simply to be consumed, but something akin...
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Happy Twentieth of May: Don’t Surrender, Instead Retreat – Regroup – Advance!
Happy Twentieth of May! Epicurus is famously known to written: “To sea with your swift ship, blessed boy, and flee from all education (paideia, also translated as culture).” This remark come...
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Happy Twentieth of April – Questions To Ask Oneself About Epicurean Philosophy
Happy Twentieth of April! If you haven’t already watched the Youtube presentation by Elena Nicoli on how Epicurean philosophy has helped in her own life, I hope you will. I set...