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Comparing Epicurus With Other Philosophers - General Discussion

Discussion comparing the views of Epicurus with opposing philosophers and religions.
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Mocking Epithets
Bryan July 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Epicurean Philosophy vs Charvaka / Lokayata
Julia January 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM

Major Arguments Against Epicurean Philosophy And Responses To Them

Philosophical Doctrines can be difficult or impossible to understand without knowledge of the question they are intended to address. Arguments against Pleasure at the time of Epicurus occur in Plato's Philebus, Protarchus, and Gorgias (and other writers) as referenced in Gosling & Taylor's "The Greeks On Pleasure." We can also find evidence of them in later works, such as Cicero's "On Ends." The purpose of this thread is to organize these arguments and discuss the Epicurean response to each.
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Cicero's Argument That Epicureans Do Not Esteem Mental Pleasures
Cassius September 3, 2023 at 11:40 AM
Note on the Name "Philebus" As Used in Plato's "Philebus"
Elli October 24, 2019 at 5:12 PM

Epicurus vs. Pythagorus

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Epicurus vs Pythagorus - General
Bryan January 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Epicurus vs. Aristipus And The Cyreniacs

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Cyreniac Differences With Epicurus (Primarily On Skepticism)
Cassius March 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Recent Article on Aristippus in Psychology Today
Joshua July 5, 2023 at 6:51 PM

Epicurus vs. Democritus And The Atomic Determinists

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Did Democritus Think That Atoms Can Be Alive?
Cassius April 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Democritus' "Nothing is truly real but atoms and void" statement
Cassius October 5, 2022 at 7:58 PM

Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)

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Recent Article on Why Stoicism Remains So Popular (Vis-à-Vis Ancient Rivals)
Eikadistes January 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Seneca - General Background
Cassius January 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM

Epicurus vs. Plato and the Academics

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Isaac Asimov's Essay "The Relativity of Wrong" (Including Criticism of Socrates And Considering Proper Standards of Correctness)
Martin August 30, 2024 at 10:52 AM
David Sedley on Plato's Forms / Universals / "One Over Many" Principle
Cassius January 10, 2022 at 8:22 AM

Epicurus vs Pantheism (SpInoza, Bruno, Et Al.)

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Was Bruno An Epicurean Or A Pantheist?
Cassius April 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Epicurus vs. Pantheism (Spinoza Et Al.) - General
Cassius April 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM

Epicurus vs. Aristotle and The Peripatetics

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A Video on Artistotle's Views of Pleasure "Pleasure What's the Limit"
Kalosyni September 21, 2024 at 9:39 AM
External "Goods" Impact Eudaimonia
Don March 12, 2024 at 7:13 PM

Epicurus vs. Cicero and the Academic Skeptics (Arcesilaus, Carneades, and Philo)

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Cicero’s Stoic Paradoxes - General
Cassius November 20, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Cicero's "Academic Questions"
Cassius November 18, 2024 at 2:46 PM

Epicurus vs. Pyrrho And The Skeptics

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Ancient Greco-Roman Skepticism
Cassius August 31, 2023 at 10:31 AM

Epicurus vs. Plotinus and the Neo-Platonists

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NeoPlatonism Basics Relevant to the Study of Epicurus
Eggplant Wizard January 10, 2024 at 12:54 PM

Epicurus vs. Buddha and the Buddhists

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2022 Epicurus vs Buddhism Compare and Contrast Thread
Cassius August 29, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Meditation and Epicurean Philosophy (?)
Cassius November 18, 2023 at 1:48 PM

Epicurus vs Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)

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New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"
Cassius June 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"You will not taste death: Jesus and Epicureanism"
Titus February 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Epicurus vs. Bentham and Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is generally considered to be "the greatest good for the greatest number." This forum is to compare Epicurus with the Utilitarians.
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JAMES MILNE / MILL, Mentor of Frances Wright
Cassius May 14, 2020 at 3:57 PM
Overlaps and differences between EP and John Stuart Mill's version of utilitarianism
Elayne August 21, 2019 at 3:13 PM

Epicurus vs. Kierkegaard and Nihilism

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Epicurus vs. Kant and Humanism

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Epicurean Philosophy Vs. Humanism
Cassius November 22, 2023 at 2:47 PM
Article: Nietzsche's Overcoming of Humanism - Kuldasi
Cassius September 14, 2021 at 11:27 AM

Epicurean Philosophy vs. Albert Camus and Absurdism

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The Absurdity of Absurdism (?)
Cassius July 5, 2024 at 11:00 PM

Epicurean Philosophy vs. Sartre and Existentialism

Subforum devoted to distinguishing Epicurus from Existentialism / Nihilism
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Nihilism and Turgenev's novel "Fathers and Sons"
Cassius April 20, 2023 at 6:32 AM
General / Opening - Comments on Existentialism / Nihilism
Mike Anyayahan January 4, 2020 at 12:50 AM

Epicurean Philosophy vs. "Scientism"

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Epicureanism and Scientism: What are the main differences?
Kalosyni July 25, 2024 at 9:23 AM
The Scientism Subforum
Cassius July 20, 2024 at 9:48 AM

Notable Opponents of Epicurean Philosophy

Use this forum for discussions of people who denounced or opposed Epicurean philosophy.
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Thomas More and his "Utopia"
Cassius September 1, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Posidonius - The Stoic Astrologer
Cassius August 29, 2023 at 10:02 AM

Epicurus vs David Hume

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