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Epicureanism – Busts of Venus, Athena, Epicurus

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    • March 30, 2019 at 10:10 AM
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    http://societyofepicurus.com/epicureanism-busts/

    "Please always remember my doctrines!" - Epicurus' last words

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    • March 30, 2019 at 2:19 PM
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    This bust have made by an artist called "Monica Rafaeli". She is a friend of mine. She made it for me as a copy of the one of the "Musei Capitolini" in Rome. Now she is quite famous, so if some one wants a copy it will be quit expensive.

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    I always immaginated Epicurus on a wheel chair. It is strage for me to see a sculture standing.

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    • March 31, 2019 at 1:47 PM
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    Wow I liked that sculpture - good job! Michele you have a copy of Bernard Frischer's Scuplted Word and his discussions and photos of the seated Epicurus? That's they way I primarily see him too, but surely in his younger years he was not always so, and I would like to picture him in his prime rather than in his declining years.

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    • March 31, 2019 at 3:18 PM
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    I don't think Epicurus would call his old age "Decline". He also considered happy the day of his death.

    But you are right, we can depict Epicurus in the moment we prefer.

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    • March 31, 2019 at 3:23 PM
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    Michele you have a copy of Bernard Frischer's Scuplted Word and his discussions and photos of the seated Epicurus?

    Sorry, no. :(

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