Category: Diogenes of Oinoanda
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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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New Audio “Reconstructed” Version of the Inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda
Today I am posting an audio “reconstructed” version of the Epicurean Inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda. The presentation has been prepared based on the translation of Martin Ferguson Smith,...
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Suggestions On Being “Well-Constituted”
The Inscription from Oenoanda by Diogenes, which is the focus of this excellent and highly-recommend web site, begins with two prominent references to the interesting term “well-constituted”: (1) “Having already...
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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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Who Will Choose To Seek What He Can Never Find? – An Exercise in Summarizing the Epicurean Inscription by Diogenes of Oinoanda
The Epicurean Inscription of Oinoanda is one of the most fascinating relics of the ancient world, and to the extent that it has been preserved it is an excellent authority...
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A Twentieth message For April from Diogenes of Oinoanda
Once again I am late with my “happy twentieth” message. I had the best of intentions to start a series of these based on the Epicurean Inscription of Diogenes of...