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My Dear Epicurean Friends
It is with great pleasure that I inform you that last Friday (May 4, 2018) I delivered an oral presentation of about 2 hours (including discussion of about half an hour) with the title: "The confirmation of Epicurean Gnosiology (Canon) and Epicurean Ethics by contemporary Neurobiology" at Pythagorion, in the Greek island of Samos. I was invited to present two talks at the Festival of Heraia-Pythagoreia (12th year of cultural celebration in remembrance of the temple of goddess Hera and philosopher Pythagoras). My second presentation was titled "Plague of Athens: A historical, medical and philosophical approach" in which I also presented the link between Thucydides, Epicurus, Lucretius, modern epidemiology and my ancient DNA studies of skeletal material from the ancient epidemic victims.
As you know our beloved master Epicurus was raised by Athenian parents in Samos, and believe it or not this was the first comprehensive presentation of Epicurean philosophy in Samos in the modern era. This was a historic event and I am sharing with you some photos of the event (the audience of about 70 people, myself, the poster advertising my talks and a part of ancient Samos (where Epicurus probably walked in his early years as a child and a teenager) in the town known today as Pythagorion.
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I wish for the day we shall be together in an International Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy cherishing every second... I am telling you it's a great feeling when I see and embrace friends from other places of Greece, It must be even greater to be able to see you, Hiram or my Australian friend Geoff and be able to share the pleasure of philosophical discussions.
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Takis' idea to have a live Facebook streaming was brilliant, so that all our international friends have a chance to at least capture the feeling and flow of our 8th Panhellenic Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy. Despite the bad rainy weather about 450 people have attended this year (this is a new record)!
We are filled with katastematic pleasure; physically exhausted but happy.
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Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 20
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Mocking Epithets 3
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Best Lucretius translation? 12
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