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This chart comparing the major features of Stoicism vs Epicurean philosophy is a continuing work in progress! It is currently hosted at a Google Docs page to make editing easier. Feel free to make comments and suggestions in the Forum thread associated with this article. Click on this link to…

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"Objection Your Honor! Attorney Cicero Is Mischaracterizing the Testimony!

My title for this article may be melodramatic for effect, but it is essentially the theme of Boris Nikolsky's article "Epicurus On Pleasure" available here in our Files Section. The effect…

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“It is observed too that in his treatise On the Ethical End he writes in these terms : “I know not how to conceive the good, apart from the pleasures of taste, of sex, of sound, and the pleasures of beautiful form.”
– Diogenes Laertius, Book X


Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model (full size)There…

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Top Problematic Attitude and “Life Premise” Issues Made Worse By Stoicism and Cured by Epicurean Philosophy

Cassius Amicus 01-31-2017

With the assistance of input from the Facebook group, I have been working on a list of basic “attitude” or “life premise” divergences that separate Epicurean…

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You Have Been Deceived!

You have been deceived.

If you are hearing these words in the early years of the twenty-first century, then you have already wasted much of your life dealing with nonsense.

If you are surrounded by people who are called “religious,” then you have wasted your time dealing…

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The Epicurean Critique of Mathematics

I just received this link and have not had a chance to read it but the topic seems fascinating ("The Epicurean Critique of Mathematics") and it comes to us through our friends in Greece. Please read and comment when you can either here or at…

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Epicurean Meetings and Conventions

A new Wiki Page devoted to assisting those who want to set up local Epicurean meetup groups or meetings has now been set up.  It will be easier to update that page as developments occur, so rather than duplicating that post here, click on over…

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A Link From Ancient to Modern Greece – Liantinis' “Gemma”

Cassius Amicus 07-8-2017 0 Comments

This is a tardy call to attention of a translation of an important Greek work by Dimitris Liantinis, prepared by a participant of the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook group, Yiannis Tsapras). Liantinis…

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Another Important Step Toward Correcting the Record On Epicurus and Living A Better Life Today - Haris Dimitriadis' Epicurus and the Pleasant Life.

By Cassius Amicuson July 6, 2017

Harisbook4.jpgJuly 6, 2017 - I hope to come back to this review and add more detail, but I have now finished reading…

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"When the Gospel of Minimalism Collides With Daily Life" 

New York Times: ".... But those who have tried the minimalist way have found that it’s not always as satisfying as design websites and tiny-house blogs insist. For some people, purging did not bring Shangri-La. Like most things, living…

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