Society of Epicurus

The Society of Epicurus is an initiative led by Hiram Crespo and headquartered at SocietyofEpicurus.com. There is no official or formal relationship between Epicureanfriends.com and the Society of Epicurus, or between participants in Epicureanfriends.com and members of the Society of Epicurus, except as individuals in either group choose to participate in the other. It should therefore not be presumed that participants in either group agree with or endorse any particular activity or statement of the other. However there is much obvious overlap in areas of interest, and this subforum is made available for use in discussion of particular aspects of the Society of Epicurus, such as its Twenty Tenets of December, 2019, or any other matters of particular relevance to the Society of Epicurus.

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  1. General Information And Discussion - Start Here
  2. Private Section - Includes Level 03 And Above Discussions and 20th Zoom Meeting
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  5. Physics - The Nature of the Universe
  6. Canonics - The Tests of Truth: The Five Senses, Anticipations, and Feelings of Pleasure and Pain
  7. Ethics - How to Live As An Epicurean
  8. Epicurean Historical Figures - Biographies of Epicureans from Epicurus To The Present
  9. Ancient Epicurean Texts (300 BC to 300 AD)
  10. Epicurean Books, Articles, and Videos (1500's - Present)
  11. Comparisons With Non-Epicurean Philosophies
  12. History, Locations, and Customs Relevant to Ancient Epicureans
  13. Epicurean Symbolism in Art, Music, Literature, and Poetry

    2. Discussion of the Society of Epicurus' 20 Tenets of 12/21/19 174

      • Hiram
      • December 22, 2019 at 12:14 PM
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      • December 9, 2022 at 9:03 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 9, 2022 at 9:03 PM

    2. SOE13: The goal of religion 26

      • Hiram
      • December 30, 2019 at 10:56 AM
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      • January 2, 2020 at 7:54 PM
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    4. Elayne

      January 2, 2020 at 7:54 PM

    2. SOE9: Laws of nature apply everywhere 4

      • Hiram
      • December 31, 2019 at 11:02 AM
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      • December 31, 2019 at 3:17 PM
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    4. Hiram

      December 31, 2019 at 3:17 PM

    2. SOE15 - Diathesis 1

      • Hiram
      • December 31, 2019 at 11:15 AM
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      • December 31, 2019 at 11:42 AM
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    4. Cassius

      December 31, 2019 at 11:42 AM

    2. SOE20 - On mutual advantage 9

      • Hiram
      • December 30, 2019 at 10:21 AM
      • Hiram
      • December 31, 2019 at 11:30 AM
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    4. Hiram

      December 31, 2019 at 11:30 AM

    2. SOE5 - On Attestations 4

      • Hiram
      • December 30, 2019 at 10:04 AM
      • Hiram
      • December 30, 2019 at 6:34 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 30, 2019 at 6:34 PM

    2. SOE19 - on Philos / Friendship 2

      • Hiram
      • December 30, 2019 at 11:17 AM
      • Hiram
      • December 30, 2019 at 1:15 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 30, 2019 at 1:15 PM

    2. Happy Twentieth! – The Black Hole and Incidental Properties of Nature

      • Hiram
      • April 20, 2019 at 9:25 AM
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      • April 20, 2019 at 9:25 AM
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    2. "The maternalizing of matter and the materializing of the mother”—A poetic, supreme fiction for our age

      • Hiram
      • April 11, 2019 at 3:07 PM
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      • April 11, 2019 at 3:07 PM
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    2. Society of Epicurus now has a sub-reddit 1

      • Hiram
      • November 9, 2018 at 12:20 PM
      • Hiram
      • November 9, 2018 at 1:54 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 9, 2018 at 1:54 PM

    2. Happy Twentieth! “Antiquity has never felt so alive”

      • Hiram
      • September 21, 2018 at 2:23 PM
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      • September 21, 2018 at 2:23 PM
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    2. Unitarian discussion of Epicurus

      • Hiram
      • September 2, 2018 at 11:38 AM
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      • September 2, 2018 at 11:38 AM
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    2. Michel Onfray: A Transcendental Epicureanism 9

      • Hiram
      • July 6, 2018 at 10:27 AM
      • Hiram
      • July 19, 2018 at 9:11 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 19, 2018 at 9:11 AM

    2. Anti-Platonic portion of RotA 1

      • Hiram
      • June 27, 2018 at 10:08 AM
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      • June 28, 2018 at 4:28 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 28, 2018 at 4:28 PM

    2. Global Ethics Day (Fri, Oct 19th 2018, 8:00 am - 8:00 pm)

      • Hiram
      • January 13, 2018 at 1:33 PM
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      • January 13, 2018 at 1:33 PM
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    2. Notes, The Sculpted Word 1

      • Hiram
      • April 28, 2017 at 11:23 AM
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      • November 20, 2017 at 5:02 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 20, 2017 at 5:02 PM

    2. Society of Epicurus Releases EPITOME - Press Release in Spanish, Article in English

      • Hiram
      • May 18, 2015 at 11:50 AM
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      • May 18, 2015 at 11:50 AM
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