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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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Cassius' Blog

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 Chapter…

Cassius

November 5, 2023 at 4:14 PM

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Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin On Her Book "Living For Pleasure"

In Episodes 156 and 157, the Lucretius Today podcasters interviewed Dr. Emily Austin, author of 2022's "Living For Pleasure." You can access the original podcasts and show discussions in the…

Cassius

March 23, 2023 at 5:24 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

Cassius' Blog

Parsing The Wikipedia Introduction To Epicurus As Of February 6, 2020

Below is the Wikipedia introduction to Epicurus as of 02/06/20. I will highlight in red, and add a footnote to each statement which I contend is in serious need of correction or amplification.

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Cassius

June 6, 2020 at 9:22 AM

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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…

Cassius

May 4, 2020 at 9:08 AM

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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

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Cassius

November 1, 2019 at 3:38 PM

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Political Division In The Promotion of Epicurean Philosophy: A Prescription For Disaster

[Cassius: I write the following article clearly stating that it is my own personal opinion, without representation that it is or should be "the Epicurean position." I do not believe that I or…

Cassius

September 27, 2019 at 4:05 PM

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Blog Articles in Category “General”

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

Unread Threads

Mocking Epithets 1

Best Lucretius translation? 12

Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 19

The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4

New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"