Category: Introductory Material
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A New Year’s Resolution: Following Up On A Comment Of Thomas Jefferson
NOTE: THIS POST HAS NOW BEEN SUPERSEDED BY THE INFORMATION HERE. In 1819 Thomas Jefferson wrote, as part of his letter to William Short: I have sometimes thought of translating...
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A word on the status of the Lucian ebook.
A comment on Facebook prompted me to write the following paragraphs about the status of the Lucian ebook: When I have tried to read Lucian in the past I always...
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An Ebook Devoted to the Epicurean Passages of Lucian
Work is continuing on a new ebook I have prepared on the Epicurean passages of the ancient author Lucian. Lucian is identified on Wikipedia as Lucianus Samosatensis; c. A.D. 125...
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Philosophy for the Millions
In January of 1947, Norman W. DeWitt, professor emeritus of Latin at Victoria College in Toronto, Canada, published the first in a series of scholarly articles on the life and...
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An Ebook Update
One of the most important projects of this website is to promote the philosophy of Epicurus by making his works more readily accessible. With that goal in mind, today brings...
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A Guidebook for the Wilderness: Stefan Streitferdt’s “From Pain To Pleasure – The Proven Pathway to Happiness”
When I first started blogging about Epicurus a year ago, there were several websites devoted to Epicurean thought (Epicurus.info and Epicurus.net) but only one devoted to applying Epicurean principles to...
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The Principal Doctrines on Your Mobile Phone
This past weekend the site was upgraded to automatically display in a mobile format when viewed by handheld browsers such as iphones, Palm Webos, Android, etc. The mobile format is...
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In Memory of Volcano Day, August 24th, in the year 832 From the Founding of Rome
Today is the day traditionally marked as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in the year 832 AUC. Tragic as that day was, it at least preserved for us information about...
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The NewEpicurean Library
New for today on the website is The NewEpicurean Library. The ancient Epicurean texts remaining to us today are available freely on the internet in a variety of translations, and...
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A day late, but not forgotten … Peace and Safety for Your 20th of August!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans among us, no matter where you might be! As we remember Epicurus and the original pathfinders of Epicureanism, here’s a thought for the day,...