Author: Cassius Amicus
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Must I Believe “XXX” That Epicurus Said?
In the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Group we often run into questions such as “Must I believe XXX that Epicurus said?” Here’s an example: “Must every position held by Epicurus originally...
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Things That Never Change, And Things That Do
We frequently encounter situations where in the past we had a high opinion of someone, but recent events cause us to lower that opinion considerably. Does this mean that we...
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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! Many philosophers (particularly Stoics) assert that virtues are ends in themselves. They assert – in...
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Unwinding A Confusion About the Faculty of Pleasure By Considering the Nature of Money
In a recent editorial, noted economic commentator Steve Forbes makes a point about “money” that provides a very useful analogy for those interested in the Epicurean view of “pleasure.” Before...
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Purging Yourself of Stoicism
I believe the most important task that any modern student of Epicurus can do is to examine his or her own thoughts to identify the Stoicisms that have been absorbed...
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*Action* As A Requirement of Pleasure
One of the strong implications of non-Epicurean philosophy is that our goal in life should be to achieve a “state” of mental peace. Such states go under different names according...
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A List of Events Documenting Christian Persecution of Hellenes In The Ancient World
This is just a short post to link to an excellent page that is mostly in Greek, but with an English summary, entitled Christian Persecution Against the Hellenes. The page...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of July!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Vatican Saying 45: “The study of nature does not create men who are fond of boasting...
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The Real Troika
At present the Greeks are focused on the actions of three institutions that are referred to as the “troika” – the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the...
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Why I Think Epicurus Would Have Hated The “Tetrapharmakon”
Wikipedia informs us that the tetrapharmakon comes down to us from a parchment found in the papyri of Herculaneum that it is attributed to Philodemus. Wikipedia also informs us of...