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SUNDAY WEEKLY ZOOM - 12:30 PM EDT - Ancient Text Study: De Rerum Natura by Lucretius -- Meeting is open to Level 03 members and above - Read the agenda for our December 14, 2025 meeting -- or find out how to attend.

 

File List

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. Kyria Doxai Comparison

    • Don
    • June 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
    This sheet grew out of the interest to understand Kyriai Doxai (Principal Doctrines) as a text and not a "list."
    • Like 1
    • 152 Downloads

  2. Epicurean Gamikós (“Matrimonial”) Script

    • Eikadistes
    • December 31, 2024 at 4:05 PM
    "Matrimony is therefore an act of romantic justice. It is a peaceful pact between lovers to neither harm, nor be harmed, to work as a team in protecting shared interests, setting priorities and working to build a future together..."
    • 220 Downloads

  3. PROLEGOMENA AD HOMERUM - Middlebury College - William Harris

    • Cassius
    • July 1, 2024 at 6:05 AM
    A thoughtful approach to acquiring Latin and Greek.
    • 294 Downloads

  4. Epicurus’s Birthday: The 7th, 10th, or 20th of Gamelion - Mystery Solved

    • Don
    • December 26, 2022 at 12:07 AM
    This paper outlines the reasons to accept that Epicurus was born on the 20th day of the month of Gamelion.
    • Love 2
    • 507 Downloads

  5. Norman DeWitt - Philosophy For The Millions (1947)

    • Cassius
    • July 11, 2022 at 12:04 PM
    Norman DeWitt's 1947 article summarizing he significance of Epicurus and his philosophy.
    • 394 Downloads

  6. Epicurean Mission and Membership From The Early Garden To The Late Roman Republic

    • Cassius
    • May 8, 2022 at 6:15 AM
    A very good article covering the "missionary" aspect of the Epicurean movement.
    • 458 Downloads

  7. How Became Known To Us The Portrait of The Athenian Philosopher Epicurus - Takis Pangiotopoulos -

    • Cassius
    • May 26, 2021 at 8:29 AM
    Takis' summary of the history of the identification of Epicurus through artwork
    • 507 Downloads

  8. Chilton - Did Epicurus Approve of Marriage

    • Cassius
    • January 28, 2020 at 8:09 AM
    Chilton - Did Epicurus Approve of Marriage
    • 422 Downloads

  9. The Pleasure of Knowledge. Reassessing Nussbaum's Interpretation of Epicurean Therapy - Elena Nicoli

    • jbaker
    • April 11, 2018 at 8:30 PM
    A Contested Influence. Hellenistic Philosophy and Modern Thought from Nietzsche to Nussbaum
    • 627 Downloads

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