Welcome to the Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy page. The purpose of this presentation is to summarize the major themes of Epicurean philosophy in a single format. After a brief introduction,...
The ancient Epicurean texts that remain to us today are available freely on the internet in many different translations. This page provides links to various translations of the core works...
The EpicureanFriends.com forum is the place to go for discussion of Epicurean philosophy. The forum provides us the latest technology to study and share thoughts about Epicurus in a way...
Epicurus held that the faculties given to us by Nature are sufficient for our use in learning enough about Nature to live happily. Happy living requires that we understand enough...
The Authorized Doctrines of Epicurus Our knowledge of Epicurus’ Principle Doctrines today comes mainly from Diogenes Laertius, who ended his biography of Epicurus with an appendix which he introduced as...
PLEASE NOTE: As of 10/12/19, the most up-to-date version of this list is maintained within the main site at Epicureanfriends.com. This page will remain in place for reference purposes, but...
Episode Forty of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. Today’s episode is from Book Three, and focuses on the argument that both “mind” and “spirit” are corporeal. As always...
Listen to “Episode 039 – The Mind And Spirit Are Not Supernatural But Parts of A Man Just Like The Head and Foot” on Spreaker. Episode 39 of the Lucretius...
Listen to “Episode 038 – Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell” on Spreaker. Episode 38 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available....
Listen to “Episode 037 – End of Book 2 – The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die” on Spreaker. Episode 37 of the Lucretius Today Podcast...
Listen to “Episode 036 – No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life” on Spreaker. Episode 36 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available....
Listen to “Episode 035 – More Reasons Why Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense” on Spreaker. Welcome to Episode Thirty-Five of Lucretius Today. I am your host Cassius, and...
Listen to “Episode 034 – The Atoms Do Not Possess A Faculty of Sensation” on Spreaker. Welcome to Episode Thirty-Four of Lucretius Today. I am your host Cassius, and together...
Listen to “Episode 033 – More On the Implications of The Colorless Atoms” on Spreaker. Welcome to Episode Thirty-Three of Lucretius Today. I am your host Cassius, and together with...
Episode 32 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. In this episode, the panel discusses the Epicurean viewpoint that the atoms are colorless, and the implications of this doctrine....
Here’s a writer and text we haven’t discussed recently, but he is well worth reading, even though he had to write within the straightjacket of the church in Italy in...