Author: Cassius Amicus
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Mr. Spock Was Not An Epicurean God
There an important passage in Book II of Lucretius that is frequently translated in a way I find questionable. Rolfe Humphries, one of my favorite translators, renders it as follows: ...
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Proud to Be Apikoros!
Here’s a new post from Forward- The Jewish Daily, entitled: How Are We Getting Epicurious? It’s a brief read and informative for those who are not aware of the Jewish...
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Research Projects: 2 – The Meaning of the “Tetrapharmakos”
This post is the second of several on particular research projects I want to pursue. I will appreciate it greatly if anyone who has any comment or suggestion emails me...
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Research Projects: 1 – The Meaning of Key Doctrine 6
This post is the first of several on particular research projects I want to pursue. I will appreciate it greatly if anyone who has any comment or suggestion on any...
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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! For today’s post I would simply like to reiterate my concern, which I share with Plotina,...
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The Seductive Dead-End of Stoicism
I have long wondered at the (to me) odd sense of passivism and fatalism that I find among some of those who state their admiration for Epicurus. I now think,...
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Even For Physicists, It Is Not Possible To Live Happily Unless One Lives Wisely, Honorably, and Justly…..
I was recently pointed toward a presentation given by Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins on youtube entitled “Something from Nothing?” I have time only for brief comment, but the point...
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Doctrine 24: The Master Instrument of the Architect of Human Happiness
A recent discussion on the nature of the gods recalls to my mind the importance of one of the Authorized Doctrines that is least famous, but which can hardly be...
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Hail To The Homeland: “What madness it is to learn superfluous things!”
As those of us in the rest of the world go about our weekends, remember those who have the opportunity to attend the 2012 Panhellenic Symposia on Epicurean Philosophy in...
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If The Road To Damascus Causes You Concern, Consider A Hill Named Cumorah
Epicurus taught us that if we fail to study Nature with sufficient diligence, and if continue to harbor doubts that what the false religions say about the gods may be...