Author: Cassius Amicus
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A Recap of Principles of Epicurean Physics
There are many who lurk who don’t get a chance to do much extra reading. For their benefit let me drop back to the most fundamental observations of Epicurus about...
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Science / Physics Update
Several recent emails from a reader have reminded me that physics /science is an important part of Epicurean philosophy. Epicurus did not just presume that “living pleasurably” should be the...
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Comments On the “Choice of Hercules”
An influential legend well known at the time of Epicurus on the topic of “Virtue vs. Pleasure” was the “Choice of Hercules” (whose name is also rendered into English as...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of September – Epicurus vs. Plato – Part 1 – “Gorgias”
It is my view that one of the most important things we can do to better understand Epicurus is to study the majority opinion of the leading philosophers who came...
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Anticipations, Heat, and Patterns of Behavior
A part of any discussion of anticipations will revolve around the extent to which anticipations refer to (1) the formation of concepts through reasoning and experience, or (2) the influence of...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of August!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be – Happy Twentieth! Recently in the Facebook group we’ve had opportunity to once again discuss the...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of July – “Conceiving The Good”
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be – Happy Twentieth! On this Twentieth of July I’d like to simply highlight one short passage...
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Happy Twentieth of June! – Born To Seek Pleasure And To Overcome Pain
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be – Happy Twentieth! On this Twentieth of June I want to introduce you to the newest...
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How Do We Meet Seneca’s Stoic Argument: “The ability to increase is proof that a thing is still imperfect.”
PD3: The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful. Wherever pleasure is present, as long as it is there, there is neither pain of...
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A Comparison Chart on “The Goal of Life”
On a regular basis I like to drop back and summarize what I understand to be some of the key differences between Epicurean and other philosophies. This weekend I put...