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The EpicureanFriends Files section is where our Level 3 and above participants store longer documents created offsite which are of special interest to the study of Epicurus. You can use the "Categories" box on the right to find specific sections of the library.

  1. De Lacy: Limit And Variation In The Epicurean Philosophy

    • Cassius
    • February 18, 2018 at 8:24 AM
    An article on the importance of "limits" in Epicurean philosophy.
    • 247 Downloads

  2. Gosling & Taylor - On Katastematic and Kinetic Pleasure

    • Cassius
    • February 3, 2018 at 1:28 PM
    Gosling & Taylor on Katastematic and Kinetic Pleasure
    • 398 Downloads

  3. Wenham - On Cicero's Interpretation of Katastematic Pleasure in Epicurus

    • Cassius
    • February 1, 2018 at 9:05 PM
    Every so often I like to remind people of two particularly important articles in our "files" section here.
    • 263 Downloads

  4. DeWitt on Isonomy

    • Cassius
    • January 22, 2018 at 1:51 PM
    DeWitt on Isonomy, one of the Epicurean arguments for divinity
    • 321 Downloads

  5. Nikolsky - Epicurus On Pleasure

    • Cassius
    • January 13, 2018 at 6:54 PM
    One of the most important articles on this site: Boris Nikolsky Details The Questionable Heritage of the "Kinetic / Katestematic" Distinction.
    • 515 Downloads

  6. Riley - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates

    • Cassius
    • January 10, 2018 at 4:17 PM
    Details of the Epicurean Criticism of Socrates for his character and method of teaching.
    • 14 Downloads

  7. Cicero - On Ends - Rackham translation

    • Cassius
    • November 24, 2017 at 10:16 AM
    Book One of this text, devoted to discussion of Epicurean Philosophy, is a very important source of information on ancient Epicureanism.
    • 12 Downloads

  8. History of Philosophy - Fifth Part - Thomas Stanley's Translation of Gassendi's Life and Doctrines of Epicurus

    • Cassius
    • November 24, 2017 at 10:11 AM
    This text is the best available English translation of the Life and Doctrines of Epicurus by Pierre Gassendi
    • 16 Downloads

  9. The Greek Atomists and Epicurus - Cyril Bailey

    • Cassius
    • November 24, 2017 at 10:08 AM
    A History of Atomism Up To And Including Epicurus
    • 14 Downloads

  10. Epicurus - The Extant Remains - Cyril Bailey - Oxford - 1926

    • Cassius
    • November 24, 2017 at 10:04 AM
    As of 2017, probably still the best and most complete collection of core Epicurean texts freely available on the internet.
    • 17 Downloads

  11. Major Characteristics of the Epicurean View of Life

    • Cassius
    • November 22, 2017 at 9:46 PM
    This is a list of major characteristics of the Epicurean view of life.
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    • 62 Downloads

  12. Application of the Fundamentals of Nature

    • Cassius
    • November 22, 2017 at 5:12 PM
    This is number two in a series of handouts on the Fundamentals of Nature and Key Doctrines.
    • 32 Downloads

  13. "Organization and Procedure in Epicurean Groups" - Norman DeWitt - 1936

    • Cassius
    • November 22, 2017 at 8:29 AM
    DeWitt's summary of what is known about organization and procedure in ancient Epicurean Groups as published in the July 1936 edition of Classical Philology.
    • Like 1
    • 39 Downloads

  14. Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy - Single Page Handout

    • Cassius
    • November 21, 2017 at 11:18 AM
    A single-page PDF of the 12 Fundamentals of Nature (Physics) and the 40 Key Doctrines (Canonics, Ethics).
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    • 64 Downloads

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