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"Epicurean Philosophy and the Deception of Modern Globalist Ideologues"

"Epicurean Philosophy and the Deception of Modern Globalist Ideologues", by Elli Pensa When you write a book and reference Epicurean philosophy as if it were nothing more than…“stones, bricks,…
Elli
May 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy (Video of Epicurean Doctrines)

The following video is a compilation of paraphrased Epicurean quotations organized as a single presentation covering most of the main points of the philosophy. For discussion of this video please go…
Cassius
January 6, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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The "A Few Days In Athens" Book Review

In 2022 EpicureanFriends sponsored a chapter-by-chapter book review of Frances Wright's "A Few Days In Athens. You can access each week's meeting notes here: A Few Days In Athens - Chapter By…
Cassius
November 5, 2023 at 4:14 PM
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Ten Key Steps In Epicurean Reasoning

Here is a listing of ten key steps of Epicurean reasoning. There is nothing magic about this grouping but it's an effort to combine a manageable set of key points with important citations supporting…
Cassius
November 28, 2022 at 8:10 AM
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Epicurus Answers Four of the Great Questions of Human Life

Several conversations lately have led me to want to produce a new article on what I would contend are some of the most important take-aways from the teachings of Epicurus. These are the points with…
Cassius
April 20, 2021 at 10:58 AM
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"Challenging Ataraxia" - By Haris Dimitriadis

Haris Dimitriadis is author of “The Pleasant Life – The Philosophy of Epicurus [URL:https://epicurusphilosophy.com/buy-the-book].” Born in Greece, Haris studied Mathematics at the Aristotelian…
Cassius
May 15, 2020 at 1:54 PM
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Michele Pinto: "Friendship: A Natural And Necessary Desire"

Inspired by the considerations on the Epicurean friendship of Phillp Mithis in the book "The Ethical Theory of Epicurus - The pleasures of Invulnerability," I want to summarize the thought of…
Cassius
November 1, 2019 at 3:38 PM
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