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Elemental Particles Are Atomistic But Successful Epicurean Living Requires Structure Based on Friendship

  • Cassius
  • July 28, 2020 at 12:56 PM
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    • July 28, 2020 at 12:56 PM
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    Perhaps in the distant future there will one day be successful Epicurean organizations in "real life" (not just on the internet) at both local and regional and larger levels. There is nothing of the sort in existence today, but for real people to embrace and live by Epicurean principles on any kind of scale, organization is required. The enemies of Epicurean philosophy are well organized and have thousands of years of experience in suppressing Epicurean ideas. The purpose of this subforum is to explore ideas for future organizations of Epicureans.

    The first and main article I am aware of that is relevant to this topic is DeWitt's "Organization and Procedure In Epicurean Groups." Let's use this thread and subforum for general brainstorming on what kinds of organization might eventually be possible, and how we get one day to that point.

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    "Organization and Procedure in Epicurean Groups" - Norman DeWitt - 1936

    DeWitt's summary of what is known about organization and procedure in ancient Epicurean Groups as published in the July 1936 edition of Classical Philology.
    Cassius
    November 22, 2017 at 8:29 AM
  • Cassius July 29, 2020 at 11:37 AM

    Changed the title of the thread from “Elemental Particles Are Atomistic; Successful Epicurean Living Requires Structure Based on Friendship” to “Elemental Particles Are Atomistic But Successful Epicurean Living Requires Structure Based on Friendship”.
  • Cassius February 14, 2021 at 8:45 AM

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    Moved the thread from forum Technology and Epicurean Educational Content to forum Technology, Content Creation, Social Media.
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