Day: October 26, 2012
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On The Organization Of Thomas Jefferson’s Summary of the Philosophy of Epicurus
At the end of his letter to William Short dated October 31, 1819, Thomas Jefferson attached the following outline of his view of the central doctrines of Epicurus. Aside from...
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It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names [such as Plato] so artificially magnified.
From Thomas Jefferson’s letter to William Short of August 4, 1820, here is a useful reminder of the errors of the philosopher with whom Epicurus so often disagreed: [T]he superlative...