Author: Cassius Amicus
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Announcement: Graduate-Level Epicurus Essay Contest With 1500 Euro Prize
Please share this information with anyone you think would be interested – Michele Pinto, on behalf of the World Cultural Association of Epicurus, is coordinating a graduate-level essay contest on Epicurus...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Five Now Available: On Resisting The Threats Of Poets and Priests
Listen to “Episode 05 – On Resisting The Threats of Poets And Priests” on Spreaker. Discussion of this episode takes place at EpicureanFriends.com. Welcome to Episode Five of Lucretius Today....
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Epicurus Exceeded the Labors of Hercules
Hercules and his labors are referenced in several places in Lucretius, in at least one instance comparing favorably to them the achievements of Epicurus. Someday when we have time we...
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Response to Donald Robertson Question: “Was Thomas Jefferson More Stoic Or Epicurean?” (Answer: Epicurean!)
Donald Robertson recently linked to an article he wrote and asked the question: “Was Thomas Jefferson more Stoic or Epicurean?” In answering “Epicurean” I will break down my response into...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Four Now Available!
Listen to “Episode 04 – Recap of Opening Sections Of Book One” on Spreaker. Discussion of this episode takes place at EpicureanFriends.com. Welcome to Episode Four of Lucretius Today. This...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Three Now Available!
The third episode of the Lucretius Today podcast is now available. If you have questions you would like us to cover in the next episode, please place them in a...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Two Now Available!
The second episode of the Lucretius Today podcast is now available. If you have questions you would like us to cover in the next episode, please place them in...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode One Now Available!
The first episode of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available for download. Lots of work went into preparing this episode, so please let us know your comments, suggestions, criticisms,...
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New Epicurean Chatroom at “Discordapp”
One of the regulars at Epicureanfriends.com, Charles E., is a frequent use of the “Discord” chat application, and he has set up a new user group for Epicurean discussion which...
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Michele Pinto: “Friendship: A Natural And Necessary Desire”
Article By Michele Pinto: Inspired by the considerations on the Epicurean friendship of Phillp Mithis in the book “The Ethical Theory of Epicurus – The pleasures of Invulnerability,” I want...