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Fragments (Usener) -- Translation by Peter Saint-Andre

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    • November 1, 2022 at 8:51 AM
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    This website has been up for a while, but wanted to add here for easy reference.

    "This translation renders selected fragments of Epicurus from Greek into English. The numbering follows that of Hermann Usener in his 1887 volume Epicurea."

    Saint-Andre says:

    "I made the first version of this translation in 2011; as of 2018 I am adding more fragments."

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    Fragment 2 -- Lack of mental disturbance and lack of bodily pain are static pleasures, whereas revelry and rejoicing are active pleasures involving movement.

    Here we have a definition of "static" and "active" pleasures which is very simple.

    The link to his translation:

    Selected Fragments, by Epicurus

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    • November 1, 2022 at 10:00 AM
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    Thank you!

    That means that there is a version at the link you cited, plus:

    Epicurism.info http://epicurism.info/etexts/epicurea.html

    Attalas.org http://www.attalus.org/translate/epicurus.html

    Here (just a backup copy of the older version from Epicurus.info) https://www.epicureanfriends.com/wcf/useners-fr…-erik-anderson/

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    • March 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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    I just started this (which has the typical PDF-to-text issues), so before I spend too much time cleaning it up I wanted to ask if we have the original full text in Unicode.

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    Wow it would be great to clean that up!

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