Here is an article regarding Gassendi:
Article: "Was Gassendi an Epicurean?"
SUNDAY WEEKLY ZOOM - 12:30 PM EDT - Book Review: De Rerum Natura by Lucretius -- Read the post for our December 7, 2025 meeting -- or find out how to attend.
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Author's final paragraphs are ambiguous, but his answer early in the paper (with which I agree) is clear: No.
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Ilkka V. and I put a lot of effort into attempting to make a digital readable copy of Gassendi's work on Epicurus, but the end result was probably not worth the effort.
No doubt there remain a lot of interesting issues to explore, including (1) following the threads of Gassendi's influence on others, and (2) seeing if Gasssendi referenced sources that were available too him but not to us today.
I've placed a copy of the latest transcription work here, if anyone decides at any point to explore it further. The text is a mess and needs lots of work, but it should be largely readable in parallel with the PDF when there are obvious errors.
I would recommend that anyone working on this use the transcription as a guide to the contents but ultimately link to and reference the PDF at Archive.org.
Public Copy of Gassendi's Epicurus - His Life And DoctrineThe scanned PDF from which we are working is here, where it can be downloaded in PDF format::…docs.google.com -
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November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM Moved the thread from forum Pierre Gassendi to forum Pierre Gassendi.
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