Author: Cassius Amicus
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“We believed … that man was a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice…”
I am collecting on my page of Thomas Jefferson quotes each of the references I can find where he makes a statement that seems directly or indirectly to be a...
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Thoughts On Principal Doctrine Three And The “Limit of Pleaure”
A recent Facebook post from a strong fan of Epicurus has me thinking that the epistemological perspective is the best way of understanding the reference in PD3 to the “limit...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of March! On The Importance of Reading the Original Texts
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! For today’s Twentieth post I would like to focus on a single thought; the importance of...
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First New Epicurean Blog of March – “Epicurean Practice” – And A Few Words on The Goal of Epicureanism
The first new blog focusing on Epicureanism I have seen in March is “Epicurean Practice.” It’s just getting off the ground but the first posts there are good and call...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of February!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Today I would like to recognize that we have had several new Epicurean websites appear in...
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Another New Epicurean Blog: “An Epicurean Thinker”
I hope we have a trend building here – today I learned of a new blog named in honor of Epicurus, put together by a new friend who has recently...
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Excellent BBC Radio Interview Presentation: “Epicureanism” On Melvyn Bragg’s “In Our Time”
Check out an excellent new presentation from the BBC’s radio program “In Our Time” by clicking the graphic to the left. This February 7, 2013, interview features Angie Hobbs, James...
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A Video Helpful For Highlighting Differences Between Epicureanism and Stoicism
May Plato’s God of Reason forgive me for posting this link, but if asked I will respond that his God fated me to do it! I recently came across the...
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Taking Control of The End
Today turned out to be the day that Prince William (a name selected by the Humane Society) had to be relieved from the misery of a losing battle with feline...
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Epicurus On The Meaning of “Good”
This is just a short post to make it easier to find a quotation that I seem to be coming back to more and more lately on the subject of...