Epicureanism and the Enjoyment of True Pleasures

Thanks for posting Hiram. After reading, my summary is: An abysmal collection of every Stoic-lite / modern misrepresentation of Epicurus:

It is a guarantee you can take to the bank that someone who emphasizes "True Pleasure" is going to trample over Epicurus' own viewpoint that "all pleasure is good." Sigh.

For refutation of the "state of mind" allegation see the article by Matthew Wenham:

This is a strongly overbroad attempt to incorporate Benthamite utiltarianism when there is no justification whatsoever, and much opposed, to looking at "the whole" of society/nations/the world.

And thus the payoff of this type of article: ASCETICISM