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Demstar tells us:
1: demstar5555
2: I agree.
3: I am a classical studies/philosophy undergraduate student. Currently, I am in a seminar reading Diogenes in the Greek with Dr. Mike Pope. I have been quite fond of Epicureanism as long as I've known it. I also participated in a seminar earlier this year, learning from various scholars, who brought Herculaneum papyri to the US for us to see. I consider myself Epicurean to a high degree, although I wouldn't consider myself an expert in the view in any great sense.
4: I have read mostly from Diogenes. The extant letters, principal doctrines, and doxographical slander (some in Greek). I own a copy of the new Oxford Handbook and Jeffrey Fish's compilation which I intend to get to at some point.
5: I'd like an account firstly because of what I've listed above, and because I hope I can continue to increase my understanding of Epicureanism. I'd like to be able to ask questions and take advantage of the longterm experience and wisdom I've seen in some of the forums. If I am able at some point in the future, I'd like to share any contributions I make as well.
6: I understand that standard Epicureanism holds pleasure to be the highest good, and that this is equal to an absence of pain. I don't intend to dispute this in any sense. As far as I can tell, this valuation is correct and I accept it.
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