Category: Marcus Aurelius
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The Advice of Marcus The Golden
Thanks to Nate for helping me express in one graphic what I have spilled weeks of time writing in much less effective form.
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An Aristotelian Indictment Against Epicurus
Since at least the time of Cicero, Epicurus and his philosophy have been vigorously attacked by Platonists, Stoics, Peripatetics, Skeptics, and all varieties in between. The attack continues to this...
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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...
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Leave Apathy To The Stoics, and Strive to “Never Be Taken By Surprise.”
There is an unfortunate strain of thought which poses a significant danger for those who do not discern the important differences between Epicurean and Stoic theory. Straying onto the Stoic...
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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,...