Month: February 2010
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Never Underestimate Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson’s letter to William Short is tremendously useful for us today to illustrate the continuing relevance of Epicurus. In just a few lines, Jefferson summarizes several of the most...
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An Exercise in Summarizing “The Nature of Things” – Book I
Readers of this blog will find it no surprise that De Rerum Natura is our favorite Epicurean treatise. As this week’s addition to the blog, what follows is an exercise...