Author: Cassius Amicus
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Emotionlessness? The Epicurean View Is the *Deeper* Experience of Emotion!
We frequently get into discussions in which some people contend that the goal of life is to achieve implacable emotionlessness. The Epicurean view of “tranquility” does not require this, because...
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The Wider Implications Of The Epicurean Warnings About Passionate Love
One of the most troublesome topics used by those who erroneously advocate the view that Epicurus taught “ascetic quietism” is the advice given in Vatican Saying 51. Here is Vatican...
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Peace and Safety for Your Twentieth of February – Pleasure, Pain, and Erroneous Standards
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be – Happy Twentieth! Here’s a point on which I sometimes see confusion: The Epicureans held that...
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Epicurus Overcame The Terror Of Religion And Showed Us How To Live According to Nature
I am continuing to work on my “Message of the Epicureans” outline as a method of presenting Epicurean philosophy in a systematic way. I won’t do this for every item, but...
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The Sixth Annual Panhellenic Symposium On Epicurean Philosophy Is This Weekend (Feb. 6) In Athens!
Here is a link to the main page for the Symposium, with part of their agenda below: Contact us ideoszen@gmail.com …. Official Site in greek language www.epicuros.gr 6th Panhellenic Symposium...
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Discussion Forum Update – EpicureanFriends.com
Over the last several years my major participation at Facebook has been focused in the Epicurean Philosophy Group. Unfortunately at present my user account has been compromised and is now disabled....
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Outlines and More Outlines – “The main heads [to which] we must continually return…”
The opening of Epicurus’ letter to Herodotus: For those who are unable to study carefully all my physical writings or to go into the longer treatises at all, I have...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of January – The Limits of Education And the Need to Be “Well Constituted”
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Happy Twentieth! Today’s thought comes from 3 Lucretius, where the poet discusses that the nature of...
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Happy Epicurean New Year!
Let me add my own “Happy New Year” greeting to everyone here. As I enter my sixth year of focused attention to studying the philosophy of Epicurus, there are a...
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Peace and Safety for Your Twentieth of December – Doubt Is Unpleasant, But It’s Not The Worst Enemy!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Happy Twentieth! As I get back to posting on a regular schedule after my recent trip,...