Author: Cassius Amicus
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Against Aristotle / In Support Of The Romulans
The tongue-in-cheek title to this post is a reference to my current reading: Two Studies In The Greek Atomists by David Furley. The thesis of Furley’s two studies is this:...
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More Analysis In Support of Epicurus’ Insight: The Error Of Attempting to Reason By Ideal Concepts
The heart of my title essay in “Against the Men of the Crowd” is the marshaling of Epicurean texts in support of a single thesis: that the key foundational insight...
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New Ebook: “Against The Men of the Crowd”
Today I am launching a new Ebook, entitled “Against the Men of the Crowd.” Find this and my other ebooks on the Smashwords page here. (Amazon link hopefully to be...
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An Epicurean Message Hits Home 2000 Years Later In London
This past week, I was lucky to be able to attend a worldwide simulcast movie-theater presentation highlighting the new exhibit at the British Museum in London on artifacts from Pompeii...
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HAPPY BELATED TWENTIETH OF SEPTEMBER! – To Compensate for My Lateness – Links To PDFs Every Fan of Epicurus Ought To Have
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Sorry for the delay in posting this Happy Twentieth Message! I have been reviewing my own...
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Three-Dimensional Printed Bust of Epicurus Now Available
In case you have not been following this in the Facebook “Garden of Epicurus” group, my second generation 3d mesh has now produced its first output. Follow this link to...
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A Season Of The Year To Remember Fallen Epicureans
[As we appear to be on the verge of escalating another ill-considered war, this time in Syria, the following post, which is a repeat of a topic I have repeated...
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Epicurus’ Letter to Pythocles – Elemental Edition
With today’s release of the Letter to Pythocles, I have now completed these “Elemental Editions” of each of Epicurus’ three letters from Diogenes Laertius, plus a version of the Inscription...
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Epicurus’ Letter To Menoeceus – Elemental Edition
Continuing toward completion with the series of Audio text-to-speech versions of the core Epicurean texts, today’s update is a release of Epicurus’ Letter to Menoeceus. From the intro: This presentation...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of August, and A Few Thoughts on The Folly of Thinking Virtue Is Its Own Reward
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! In preparing my recent synopsis of the Inscription of Diogenes in Oinoanda, I was confronted with...