Author: Cassius Amicus
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The Book On Epicurus Thomas Jefferson Called “A Treat To Me Of The Highest Order” – A FEW DAYS IN ATHENS
One of the great benefits of studying online is to receive the assistance and suggestions of others, and I am indebted to Ed Lee for directing my attention to what...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of May – “Wisdom Has Nothing In Common With Fortune”
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Epicurus was very clear that “Fate,” “Fortune,””Luck,” and similar forces that some men believe to be...
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On Long And Short Arguments, Vatican Saying 26, And Lucretius
Today I used VS 26 “One must presume that long and short arguments contribute to the same end,” in a post on Facebook, but in using it in a context...
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New Video Discussing Epicurus: “Good Without God”
Today I received a very nice email from a reader of the blog who resides in Australia, and he provided me a link to a video series he produced entitled...
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Explaining the True Nature of Life as a Pleasure: The Example of the Statue’s Hand
It seems to me there is a great deal to be learned from the section in Cicero’s “On Ends” where the Epicurean speaker is discussing the Stoic argument of the...
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Catius Cat Purrs Again: “Catius Cat And The Forty Mice”
I have now completed a second “Epicurean poem for children of all ages,” and I submit it for the reading and listening pleasure of the Epicurean public at the links...
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What the World Needs Now: Thoughts on Peter St. Andre’s “Letters on Epicurus: A Dialogue about Happiness”
In my last post I commented that I had learned of two recent updates by Peter St. Andre, and this is to comment on the second of those updates. But...
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“Epicurean Analysis” By Peter St. Andre
It is very helpful to me as a student of Epicurus to read the writings of other students of Epicurus and to see what they find interesting. That shouldn’t be...
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“What destroys a man more quickly than to work, think and feel without inner necessity, without any deep personal desire, without pleasure—as a mere automaton of duty?”
For an eloquent statement of the disaster of decadence that awaits those who disparage Pleasure, see the selections in bold red below. Consider how much of the worlds religions and...
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) – Ode 3, 29
The entire poem is outstanding as is reproduced in full below, but here is a highlight (Dryden version): “Happy he, Self-centred, who each night can say My life is...