I just found out today about the new book released by Christos Yapijakis and several other contributors from the Garden of Athens in Greece. Here is a link to the Amazon page with table of contents and preview. I haven't had a chance to purchase much less start to read, but I hope if people here are interested and go through it they will comment in the thread below. Also below is the Table of Contents:
Christos Yapijakis and The Garden Of Athens Release "Epicurean Philosophy: An Introduction from The Garden of Athens"
Listen to the latest Lucretius Today Podcast! Episode 223 is now available. In this episode, we address Cicero's accusation that Epicureans Are Undergoing the Exertions Of Life for The Equivalent Of A Drop of Honey.
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I wonder if they provide new Doxai translations!
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They have been telling me that they planned to so I hope this is it!
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Bad news Nate, it looks like they did NOT do their own version. This is from the page introducing them:
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Bad news Nate, it looks like they did NOT do their own version. This is from the page introducing them:
Well, ya know what that means, Twentier Someone's gotta do it now.
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Thank you Cassius.
I am reading it and it is very insightful.
It is not the style of Emliy A Austin´s book, and the quality is similarly high
At least in my opinion with good valid references.
The book emphasizes the influence and pro-scientific nature of Epicurean philosophy and how it is at the core of a naturalistic worldview
and how these discoveries advance medicine, chemistry, technology and human prosperity