Month: December 2013
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The Baseline State: Happy To Be Alive
Vatican Saying 33: The cry of the flesh is not to be hungry, thirsty, or cold; for he who is free of these and is confident of remaining so might...
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“The True Nature of Pleasure” – Norman DeWitt’s Analysis of Epicurean Pleasure
The following extended excerpt is from Chapter XII of Norman DeWitt’s “Epicurus and His Philosophy.” It is presented here without comment as part of our ongoing investigation of Epicurus’ views...
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Was Ancient Epicureanism A Suicide Club? Did the Priests do Iphigenia A Favor?
We are told incessantly by the usual authorities that Epicurus held that pleasure is the absence of pain, and that when we feel no pain we have no need of...
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Epicurus: Against Skepticism
Time to launch a new category for the blog: Against Skepticism. This is a topic that is second in importance perhaps only to Against Platonism. The two are closely related,...