My goal in the discussion of “Humanism” is to generate “light” rather than “heat,” but since the goal of life is “light” (pleasure), and not the avoidance of “heat” (pain),...
I have never considered Epicurean philosophy to be a form of “Humanist” philosophy any more than it is a form of Stoicism or Platonism. I haven’t written extensively on this,...
Do you see why the subject of “limits” was so important to Epicurus that the word is found no less than thirteen times over nine of the forty Principle Doctrines?...
Do you see why an Epicurean, in speaking about virtue, will never admit that a thing can be virtuous unless that thing is either pleasurable or leads to pleasure? Do...
It is my view that one of the most important things we can do to better understand Epicurus is to study the majority opinion of the leading philosophers who came...
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Happy Twentieth! As I get back to posting on a regular schedule after my recent trip,...
In a recent discussion a friend wrote: “Cassius’ fictional man who suggests suicide to prevent desires is, as Elli Pensa said, a very ridiculous man.” Why? What if Pythocles were...
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! To summarize some observations from a recent thread on the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook group, it appears...
Is Pleasure an “attitude”? I am currently reading up on the background of PD3 and PD4, because I think they need to be viewed in the context of the world...
Here is an audio version of a letter written in 1429 by Cosma Raimondi defending Epicurus against the Stoics, Platonists, and Aristotelians. It is more narrowly focused than the Epicurean...