1. Home
    1. Study Guide
    2. Community Standards
    3. Site Map
    4. Quizzes
    5. Articles On Physics
    6. Articles On Canonics
    7. Articles On Ethics
    8. All Articles
    9. Elli's Blog Posts
    10. Kalosyni's Blog
    11. All Blog Posts
  2. Wiki
    1. Wiki Home
    2. FAQ
    3. Files
    4. Search Assistance
    5. Foundations
    6. Navigation Outlines
    7. Reading List
    8. Key Pages
  3. Forum
    1. Full Forum List
    2. Welcome Threads
    3. Physics
    4. Canonics
    5. Ethics
    6. Forum Shortcuts
    7. Forum Navigation Map
    8. Featured
    9. Most Discussed
  4. Latest
    1. New Activity
    2. Latest Threads
    3. Dashboard
    4. Search By Tag
    5. Complete Tag List
  5. Podcast
    1. Lucretius Today Podcast
    2. Episode Guide
    3. Lucretius Today At Youtube
    4. EpicureanFriends Youtube Page
  6. Texts
    1. Overview
    2. Torquatus On Ethics
    3. Velleius On Divinity
    4. Diogenes Laertius
    5. Principal Doctrines
    6. Vatican Collection
    7. Lucretius
    8. Herodotus
    9. Pythocles
    10. Menoeceus
    11. Fragments - Usener Collection
    12. Greek/Latin Help
  7. Gallery
    1. Featured images
    2. Albums
    3. Latest Images
    4. Latest Comments
  8. More
    1. Featured Content
    2. Calendar
      1. Upcoming Events List
      2. Zooms - General Info
      3. Fourth Sunday Meet-&-Greet
      4. Sunday Weekly Zoom
      5. Wednesday Zoom Meeting
      6. Twentieth Zoom Meetings
    3. Logbook
    4. EF ToDo List
    5. Link-Database
  • Login
  • Register
  • Search
Blog Articles
  • Everywhere
  • Forum
  • Articles
  • Blog Articles
  • Files
  • Gallery
  • Events
  • Pages
  • Wiki
  • Help
  • FAQ
  • More Options
  1. Home
    1. Study Guide
    2. Community Standards
    3. Site Map
    4. Quizzes
    5. Articles On Physics
    6. Articles On Canonics
    7. Articles On Ethics
    8. All Articles
    9. Elli's Blog Posts
    10. Kalosyni's Blog
    11. All Blog Posts
  2. Wiki
    1. Wiki Home
    2. FAQ
    3. Files
    4. Search Assistance
    5. Foundations
    6. Navigation Outlines
    7. Reading List
    8. Key Pages
  3. Forum
    1. Full Forum List
    2. Welcome Threads
    3. Physics
    4. Canonics
    5. Ethics
    6. Forum Shortcuts
    7. Forum Navigation Map
    8. Featured
    9. Most Discussed
  4. Latest
    1. New Activity
    2. Latest Threads
    3. Dashboard
    4. Search By Tag
    5. Complete Tag List
  5. Podcast
    1. Lucretius Today Podcast
    2. Episode Guide
    3. Lucretius Today At Youtube
    4. EpicureanFriends Youtube Page
  6. Texts
    1. Overview
    2. Torquatus On Ethics
    3. Velleius On Divinity
    4. Diogenes Laertius
    5. Principal Doctrines
    6. Vatican Collection
    7. Lucretius
    8. Herodotus
    9. Pythocles
    10. Menoeceus
    11. Fragments - Usener Collection
    12. Greek/Latin Help
  7. Gallery
    1. Featured images
    2. Albums
    3. Latest Images
    4. Latest Comments
  8. More
    1. Featured Content
    2. Calendar
      1. Upcoming Events List
      2. Zooms - General Info
      3. Fourth Sunday Meet-&-Greet
      4. Sunday Weekly Zoom
      5. Wednesday Zoom Meeting
      6. Twentieth Zoom Meetings
    3. Logbook
    4. EF ToDo List
    5. Link-Database
  1. Home
    1. Study Guide
    2. Community Standards
    3. Site Map
    4. Quizzes
    5. Articles On Physics
    6. Articles On Canonics
    7. Articles On Ethics
    8. All Articles
    9. Elli's Blog Posts
    10. Kalosyni's Blog
    11. All Blog Posts
  2. Wiki
    1. Wiki Home
    2. FAQ
    3. Files
    4. Search Assistance
    5. Foundations
    6. Navigation Outlines
    7. Reading List
    8. Key Pages
  3. Forum
    1. Full Forum List
    2. Welcome Threads
    3. Physics
    4. Canonics
    5. Ethics
    6. Forum Shortcuts
    7. Forum Navigation Map
    8. Featured
    9. Most Discussed
  4. Latest
    1. New Activity
    2. Latest Threads
    3. Dashboard
    4. Search By Tag
    5. Complete Tag List
  5. Podcast
    1. Lucretius Today Podcast
    2. Episode Guide
    3. Lucretius Today At Youtube
    4. EpicureanFriends Youtube Page
  6. Texts
    1. Overview
    2. Torquatus On Ethics
    3. Velleius On Divinity
    4. Diogenes Laertius
    5. Principal Doctrines
    6. Vatican Collection
    7. Lucretius
    8. Herodotus
    9. Pythocles
    10. Menoeceus
    11. Fragments - Usener Collection
    12. Greek/Latin Help
  7. Gallery
    1. Featured images
    2. Albums
    3. Latest Images
    4. Latest Comments
  8. More
    1. Featured Content
    2. Calendar
      1. Upcoming Events List
      2. Zooms - General Info
      3. Fourth Sunday Meet-&-Greet
      4. Sunday Weekly Zoom
      5. Wednesday Zoom Meeting
      6. Twentieth Zoom Meetings
    3. Logbook
    4. EF ToDo List
    5. Link-Database
  1. EpicureanFriends - Classical Epicurean Philosophy
  2. Blogs At EpicureanFriends.com
  • Sidebar
  • Sidebar

Cassius' Blog

  • RSS Feed
New
Cassius' Blog
The Completeness Argument, Cicero's Knowledge Of It, And The Epicurean Response
[legend='Superseded:','#b8860b']

This entry has been superseded. Please read the current version here.

[/legend]

The Completeness Argument

One of the oldest objections to placing the highest good in…


Read More

Cassius
August 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Featured
Cassius' Blog
Living For Pleasure, Or Dying For Relief From Pain?
[legend='Superseded:','#b8860b']

This entry has been superseded. Please read the current version here.

[/legend]

"For this reason we call pleasure the beginning and end of the blessed life." —…


Read More

Cassius
June 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Thanks 1
Cassius' Blog
Why It Is Incorrect to Say Epicurean Philosophy Is Primarily About 'Absence of Pain'
[legend='Superseded:','#b8860b']

This entry has been superseded. Please read the current version here.

[/legend]

The Claim and Why It Matters

The claim that Epicurean philosophy is “primarily about the…


Read More

Cassius
May 20, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Cassius' Blog
In Troubled Times, Why Young People Should Turn To Epicurus Rather Than To The Pope
[legend='Superseded:','#b8860b']

This entry has been superseded. Please read the current version here.

[/legend]

A friendly but direct word to young people searching for solid ground and thinking they

…


Read More

Cassius
April 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Cassius' Blog
Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To "The Garden or the Forum" - An Epicurean response to Massimo Pigliucci's March 3, 2026. article on Epicurus, the Stoics, and political engagement
[legend='Superseded:','#b8860b']

This entry has been superseded. Please read the current version here.

[/legend]

This article is viewable also on Substack.

Massimo Pigliucci’s essay “The Garden Or…


Read More

Cassius
March 24, 2026 at 1:10 PM
0
Cassius' Blog
How Is The Wise Epicurean Always Happy?
[legend='Superseded:','#b8860b']

This entry has been superseded. Please read the current version here.

[/legend]

There are as many opinions about happiness as there are people. Everyone has their own

…


Read More

Cassius
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
0
Cassius' Blog
A Gate To Be Burst: "Absence of Pain"
[legend='Superseded:','#b8860b']

This entry has been superseded. Please read the current version here.

[/legend]

It is interesting to think about what Lucretius had in mind in Book One of “On The Nature…


Read More

Cassius
February 11, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Love 1
1
Cassius' Blog
Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Marcelo Boeri - co-author of "Theory and Practice of Epicurean Political Philosophy: Security, Justice, and Tranquility"
[legend='Superseded:','#b8860b']

This entry has been superseded. Please read the current version here.

[/legend]

In Episode 197 of the Lucretius Today Podcast, on October 19, 2023, we were privileged to…


Read More

Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 8:20 PM
0
Featured
Cassius' Blog
"Challenging Ataraxia" - By Haris Dimitriadis
Haris Dimitriadis is author of “The Pleasant Life – The Philosophy of Epicurus.” Born in Greece, Haris studied Mathematics at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki as well as Economics at the…


Read More

Cassius
May 15, 2020 at 1:54 PM
Featured
Cassius' Blog
Caricatures to the Left of Them, Caricatures to the Right of Them, Caricatures In Front of Them, Volleyed and Thundered
As much as Epicurus advised against devoting life to politics, it appears that the politicians cannot return the favor and leave Epicurus alone. On both left and right, partisans of every cause…


Read More

Cassius
May 4, 2020 at 9:08 AM
Love 3

Finding Things At EpicureanFriends.com

Here is a list of suggested search strategies:

  • Website Overview page - clickable links arrranged by cards.
  • Forum Main Page - list of forums and subforums arranged by topic. Threads are posted according to relevant topics. The "Uncategorized subforum" contains threads which do not fall into any existing topic (also contains older "unfiled" threads which will soon be moved).
  • Search Tool - icon is located on the top right of every page. Note that the search box asks you what section of the forum you'd like to search. If you don't know, select "Everywhere."
  • Search By Key Tags - curated to show frequently-searched topics.
  • Full Tag List - an alphabetical list of all tags.

Categories

  1. Featured
  2. Epicurean Ethics
  3. Epicurean Physics
  4. Epicurean Canonics
  5. Epicurean History
  6. General
  7. Cassius' Blog
  8. Reset Filter

Archive

  1. 2026 (14)
    1. August (2)
    2. July (3)
    3. June (1)
    4. May (2)
    5. April (4)
    6. March (2)
  2. 2025 (2)
    1. December (1)
    2. May (1)
  3. 2024 (2)
    1. February (1)
    2. January (1)
  4. 2023 (4)
    1. November (1)
    2. October (1)
    3. March (2)
  5. 2022 (1)
    1. November (1)
  6. 2021 (1)
    1. April (1)
  7. 2020 (4)
    1. November (1)
    2. June (1)
    3. May (2)
  8. 2019 (8)
    1. November (1)
    2. September (2)
    3. July (3)
    4. March (1)
    5. February (1)
  9. 2018 (8)
    1. November (2)
    2. October (1)
    3. January (5)
  10. 2017 (15)
    1. November (2)
    2. July (6)
    3. June (7)

Additional Authors

  • Elayne

    3 articles

Tags

  • Absence of Disturbance
  • Eudaimonia
  • Pain
  • Pleasure

Top Blogs

  • Elli's Blog - Articles By Elli Pensa And Other Friends of Epicurus in Greece

  • Cassius' Blog

  • Kalosyni's Epicurean Philosophy Blog

Categories

  1. Featured 23
  2. Epicurean Ethics 41
  3. Epicurean Physics 9
  4. Epicurean Canonics 14
  5. Epicurean History 8
  6. General 32
  7. Family 1
  8. Food / Cooking 0
  9. Gaming 0
  10. Health & Fitness 0
  11. Literature & Poetry 0
  12. Movies & TV 0
  13. Music 0
  14. Pets 0
  15. Photography 0
  16. Security and Privacy 0
  17. Productivity 0
  18. Science 1
  19. Sports 0
  20. Technology 0
  21. Travel 0
  22. Miscellaneous 0
  23. Cassius' Blog 6
  24. Kalosyni's Ethics Course 0
  25. Reset Filter

Most Commented Articles

  • Reflections on Five Years on the EpicureanFriends Forum

    2 Comments
  • “When Science Returns to the Hellenic Worldview: Empathy and Consciousness Redeemed”

    2 Comments
  • Reality Does Not Require Being Always The Same

    1 Comment
  • The Epic of Epicurus - Ithaca and the Garden: Dialectic and the Canon

    1 Comment
  • The Completeness Argument, Cicero's Knowledge Of It, And The Epicurean Response

    0 Comments

Latest Articles From the EpicureanFriends Blogs

  • The Completeness Argument, Cicero's Knowledge Of It, And The Epicurean Response

    Cassius August 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM
  • Reflections on Five Years on the EpicureanFriends Forum

    Kalosyni August 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM
  • The 'Academic Questions' Behind Evaluation Of Pleasure And Happiness

    Cassius August 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
  • Why Pleasure as a Unified Whole is the Telos in Classical Epicurean Philosophy

    Kalosyni July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
  • Too Long Unpraised And Unappreciated - Aulus Gellius And The Clearest Ancient Testimony That Absence of Pain Means Nothing More Than Pleasure

    Cassius July 20, 2026 at 9:47 AM

Resources

  1. Getting Started At EpicureanFriends
  2. Community Standards And Posting Policies
  3. The Major Doctrines of Classical Epicurean Philosophy
  4. Introductory Videos
  5. Wiki
  6. Lucretius Today Podcast
    1. Podcast Episode Guide
  7. Key Epicurean Texts
    1. Chart Of Key Quotes
    2. Outline Of Key Quotes
    3. Side-By-Side Diogenes Laertius X (Bio And All Key Writings of Epicurus)
    4. Side-By-Side Lucretius - On The Nature Of Things
    5. Side-By-Side Torquatus On Ethics
    6. Side-By-Side Velleius on Divinity
    7. Lucretius Topical Outline
    8. Usener Fragment Collection
  8. Frequently Asked Questions
    1. FAQ Discussions
  9. Full List of Forums
    1. Physics Discussions
    2. Canonics Discussions
    3. Ethics Discussions
    4. All Recent Forum Activities
  10. Image Gallery
  11. Featured Articles
  12. Featured Blog Posts
  13. Quiz Section
  14. Activities Calendar
  15. Special Resource Pages
  16. File Database
  17. Site Map
    1. Home

Latest Posts

  • Updates To Home Page - New "Featured Articles" and "Featured Podcasts" Sections

    Patrikios August 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
  • Risk Aversion / Risk Management / Risk Avoidance / Risk Assessment in Epicurean Philosophy

    Patrikios August 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
  • Aristotle on Friendship (Article)

    Kalosyni August 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
  • Joy through Engaging in Hobbies

    Kalosyni August 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM
  • The Joys of Experiencing Novelty

    Kalosyni August 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
  • Episode 347 - EATAQ29 - If You Think True And False Are Impossible To Find, Then Don't Talk To Me About True And False

    Cassius August 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
  • Episode 348 - EATAQ30 - Not Yet Recorded

    Cassius August 22, 2026 at 8:51 AM
  • John Dryden translation of Lucretius

    Kalosyni August 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
  • Happy Twentieth of August 2026

    Kalosyni August 20, 2026 at 7:55 AM
  • Complexity, Contradictions, and "Testing Out" Epicurean Philosophy

    Cassius August 20, 2026 at 5:08 AM

Frequently Used Tags

In addition to posting in the appropriate forums, participants are encouraged to reference the following tags in their posts:

  • #Physics
    • #Atomism
    • #Gods
    • #Images
    • #Infinity
    • #Eternity
    • #Life
    • #Death
  • #Canonics
    • #Knowledge
    • #Scepticism
  • #Ethics

    • #Pleasure
    • #Pain
    • #Engagement
    • #EpicureanLiving
    • #Happiness
    • #Virtue
      • #Wisdom
      • #Temperance
      • #Courage
      • #Justice
      • #Honesty
      • #Faith (Confidence)
      • #Suavity
      • #Consideration
      • #Hope
      • #Gratitude
      • #Friendship



Click Here To Search All Tags

To Suggest Additions To This List Click Here

EpicureanFriends - Classical Epicurean Philosophy

  1. Home
    1. About Us
    2. Classical Epicurean Philosophy
    3. Rules, Terms & Policies
  2. Wiki
    1. Getting Started
  3. Frequently Asked Questions
    1. Site Map
  4. Forum
    1. Latest Threads
    2. Featured Threads
    3. Unread Posts
  5. Texts
    1. Core Texts
    2. Biography of Epicurus
    3. Lucretius
  6. Articles
    1. Latest Articles
  7. Gallery
    1. Featured Images
  8. Calendar
    1. This Month At EpicureanFriends
Powered by WoltLab Suite™ 6.0.26
Style: Inspire by cls-design
Stylename
Inspire
Manufacturer
cls-design
Licence
Commercial styles
Help
Supportforum
Visit cls-design