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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Driving Away Bad Habits "Like Evil Men Who Have Long Done Us Great Harm" (Including Addictions)
- Cassius
April 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
- Cassius
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A Fable on Unattainable Expectations 6
- Pacatus
October 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19
- kochiekoch
April 19, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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Epicurean Golden Rule? 14
- Pacatus
July 5, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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September 30, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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Why Minimizing All Desire Is Incorrect (And What To Do Instead) 34
- Kalosyni
December 4, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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List of Epicurean philosophical remedies
- Kalosyni
November 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
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Desiderata 2
- Pacatus
August 2, 2023 at 7:02 PM
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Ruminations on leading with “Pleasure and Pain as the Guide” v “The Goal is Pleasure” 4
- Godfrey
June 7, 2023 at 9:10 PM
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If We Agree For The Sake of Argument That "The Perfect Should Not Be The Enemy of The Good," then let's ask "What *Should* We Consider To Be The Proper Relationship Between The Perfect And The Good?" 8
- Cassius
February 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
- Cassius
February 29, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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Sedley paper on Plato with interesting Epicurean implications 2
- Don
April 30, 2022 at 7:32 AM
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The Normal Curve of Pleasure 5
- kochiekoch
July 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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Health of the Body and Happiness of the Soul -vs- "The Goal is Pleasure" 4
- Kalosyni
June 4, 2024 at 1:34 PM
- Kalosyni
September 9, 2024 at 6:56 AM
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My 2024 Resolution: Get A More Accurate Picture of Epicurean Pleasure To The World Rather Than "Tranquility" or "Live Unkown"(Comment on Irish Times Article) 15
- Cassius
January 1, 2024 at 7:03 AM
- Cassius
January 27, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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How has the word epicurean come to mean excess? 22
- ThinkingCat
May 13, 2023 at 9:24 AM
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Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205
- Todd
December 19, 2022 at 4:34 PM
- Todd
November 28, 2023 at 1:28 PM
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Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36
- Godfrey
July 17, 2022 at 9:25 PM
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July 20, 2022 at 8:34 PM
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Wanting vs Liking
- Elayne
January 24, 2021 at 9:05 AM
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January 24, 2021 at 9:05 AM
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Natural versus Unnatural 12
- Matt
December 30, 2020 at 8:54 AM
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Valueless Virtue in Modern Stoicism 16
- Matt
January 10, 2019 at 8:48 AM
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January 22, 2019 at 6:28 PM
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Fundamental Issues In Hedonism 15
- BrainToBeing
December 10, 2023 at 8:18 AM
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Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24
- Cassius
November 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM
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November 29, 2023 at 9:56 AM
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Pleasure vs pain - example and thoughts! 10
- ThinkingCat
May 20, 2023 at 4:02 AM
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Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30
- waterholic
December 8, 2022 at 6:08 AM
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Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26
- Cassius
October 1, 2019 at 2:08 PM
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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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A General Thought About The Future Of Epicurean Philosophy - On The Meaning of "Pleasure" 2
- Cassius
April 5, 2018 at 7:50 PM
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What amount of effort should be put into pursuing pleasure or removing pain? 23
- Kalosyni
June 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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July 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Is All Desire Painful? How Would Epicurus Answer? 25
- Cassius
May 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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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
- Cassius
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 20
- Cassius
April 1, 2022 at 5:36 PM - Philodemus On Anger
- Cassius
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Mocking Epithets 3
- Bryan
July 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM - Comparing Epicurus With Other Philosophers - General Discussion
- Bryan
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Best Lucretius translation? 12
- Rolf
June 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
- Rolf
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The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4
- Kalosyni
June 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
- Kalosyni
June 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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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 - Epicurus vs Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
- Cassius
June 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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