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So good to learn about this forum. My path to Epicurus started with reading Stephen Greenblatt's, The Swerve, How the World Became Modern, then I found an old (Modern Library?) edition of De Rerum Nature and have since settled on Walter Englert's translation which brings me to my point. My relief and happiness at finding a philosophy that closely matches my perception and conclusions about the real world lead me to proselytize - I believe Epicureanism is good for everybody. What complicates pros…

Thank you Cassius! I can respond to the May 15 post, "please drop back and let us know your positions on Epicurean physics and Epicurean canonics/epistemology." -I know there has been some criticism of Epicurean physics and I concluded the critics might benefit from a more thorough understanding of how Epicurus advanced contemporary physics. How, unlike other commentators, Epicurus' conclusions are based on fundamental scientific reasoning and the limits of unaided perception. "In the broadest o…