Ethics - General Discussion

In this section we discuss Epicurean Ethics and how to live as an Epicurean in a world where there are no supernatural gods and no life after death.

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    2. Discussion Of The Article: "The Completeness Argument, Cicero's Knowledge Of It, And The Epicurean Response"

      • Cassius
      • August 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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    2. Complexity, Contradictions, and "Testing Out" Epicurean Philosophy 3

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      August 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM

    2. Eikadistes Article Discussion - 'No Politics'

      • Cassius
      • May 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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    2. Clement on Epicurus' And Other Philosophers Opinions As To The Chief Good 3

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      • May 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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      May 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM

    2. Discussion of Blog Article - "Why It Is Incorrect to Say Epicurean Philosophy Is Primarily About 'Absence of Pain'" 6

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      • May 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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    2. Driving Away Bad Habits "Like Evil Men Who Have Long Done Us Great Harm" (Including Addictions)

      • Cassius
      • April 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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    2. Should Epicurus be viewed as a pure consequentialist, virtue ethicist, or both? 14

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      May 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM

    2. The Argument That the Good Of Animals is Not the Same As The Good of Human Beings

      • Cassius
      • March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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    2. Wikipedia on "Pleasure"

      • Kalosyni
      • October 18, 2023 at 6:24 PM
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    2. Wanting vs Liking

      • Elayne
      • January 24, 2021 at 9:05 AM
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    2. To What Extent Is This Consistent With Epicurean Ethics: "Life is Short - Life Passionately"

      • Cassius
      • October 6, 2021 at 4:08 PM
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    2. A Place to Start

      • Cassius
      • January 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM
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      • January 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM
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    2. Defining and Summarizing Epicurean Ethics 4

      • Kalosyni
      • December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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    2. Identifying And Dealing With Significant Error / Mistakes in Ourselves (and Others)

      • Cassius
      • April 21, 2022 at 9:38 AM
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      • April 21, 2022 at 9:38 AM
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    2. Spitting Upon the Beautiful... 3

      • Adrastus
      • October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM

    2. Explaining Perspectives - Chart Of Whole Organism vs Discrete Feelings

      • Cassius
      • October 17, 2023 at 8:52 AM
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      • October 17, 2023 at 8:52 AM
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    2. From Elli: ""And the pleasure which we daily feel in all these things helps us to banish any sorrow." - Pericles the Athenian.

      • Cassius
      • January 6, 2021 at 10:27 AM
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      • January 6, 2021 at 10:27 AM
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    2. The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model

      • Cassius
      • February 17, 2017 at 8:02 PM
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    2. What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Said To Him That The Value of Being Dead and Being Alive Are Equal? 23

      • Cassius
      • June 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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    2. On The Relationship of Eudaemonia And Pleasure

      • Cassius
      • July 10, 2019 at 7:02 AM
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    2. List of Epicurean philosophical remedies

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      • November 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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    2. A Question of Lives - Which Is To Be Preferred?

      • Cassius
      • February 24, 2018 at 10:26 AM
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      • February 24, 2018 at 10:26 AM
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    2. You Have Been Deceived!

      • Cassius
      • February 18, 2017 at 3:46 PM
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      • February 18, 2017 at 3:46 PM
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    2. You Only Live Once

      • Cassius
      • October 6, 2018 at 10:48 AM
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      • October 6, 2018 at 10:48 AM
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    2. My Best Summary As Of November 2018

      • Cassius
      • November 2, 2018 at 7:01 AM
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    2. Another Example Why I Don't Accept The Term "Hedonism" to Describe Epicurean Philosophy

      • Cassius
      • October 14, 2018 at 8:55 PM
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      • October 14, 2018 at 8:55 PM
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    2. Cicero's Comparison of the Life of Lucius Balbus (Pleasure) Against That Of Marcus Regulus (VIrtue)

      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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    2. We are All Born Hedonists 1

      • Hiram
      • January 27, 2019 at 11:39 AM
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      • January 27, 2019 at 12:01 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 27, 2019 at 12:01 PM

    2. Pathe - Notes On Usage

      • Cassius
      • June 8, 2015 at 11:35 AM
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    2. Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics by David Sedley 1

      • Godfrey
      • June 3, 2021 at 4:47 PM
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    4. Cassius

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