Physics

Aristotle - Introduction From An Epicurean Perspective

Many readers think of Aristotle as the down-to-earth empiricist who turned away from Plato toward nature and the senses. His own words show otherwise: knowledge from first principles rather than the senses, a finite world with no void, a divine unmoved mover, and happiness as virtue and contemplation instead of pleasure. A guide to eight of Aristotle's core works and the passages that matter to Epicureans.

Cassius

October 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM

Physics - General

There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control Of Necessity

Epicurus identified Determinism as a demoralizing and self-contradictory falsehood, pointing out that our power over the ultimate choice in life proves we are not slaves to necessity.

Cassius

August 25, 2026 at 8:15 AM

Physics - General

Death Is Nothing To Us

Since consciousness cannot survive the body, death holds no punishment or reward to fear -- a realization that frees us to focus entirely on making the best use of the life we have.

Cassius

August 25, 2026 at 8:14 AM

Physics - General

True Divinity Is Incorruptible And Blessed

Reasoning from Nature's own patterns, Epicurus concluded the universe contains blessed, deathless beings worthy of the name "gods" -- beings we have nothing to fear from.

Cassius

August 25, 2026 at 8:13 AM

Physics - General

The Universe Is Infinite In Size and Eternal In Time And Has No Gods Over It

Epicurus reasoned that the universe must be infinite in both atoms and space, eliminating any place "outside" or "over" it where supernatural forces could exist.

Cassius

August 25, 2026 at 8:12 AM

Physics - General

Nothing Comes From Nothing Or Goes To Nothing Supernaturally

Epicurus deduced the existence of atoms from the observation that nothing arises from nothing and nothing is destroyed to nothing -- the starting point for rejecting all supernatural creation.

Cassius

August 25, 2026 at 8:10 AM

Physics - General

The Deep-Set Boundary Stone: Epicurus and the Perils of Applying the Principles of Geometry to Ethical Philosophy

A transcription of a presentation by Joshua, drawing on his own background as a land surveyor to examine why Epicurus rejected geometry's first principles and refused to let its abstractions dictate ethical conclusions.

Joshua

August 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM

Physics - General

Epicurean Responses To The Intelligent Design Argument

Intelligent Design Introduction: A Very Old Argument The intelligent design argument is one of the oldest and most persistent claims in the history of human thought. In its simplest form it says: the world we observe is

Cassius

April 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Physics - General

Let All Who Would Free Themselves From the False Claims Of The Geometers Enter Here

Against the Geometers Introduction: Two Inscriptions Over Two Doors Over the entrance to Plato’s Academy in Athens, tradition records an inscription: “Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here.” The words were more than

Cassius

April 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Physics - General

The Continuing Vitality of Epicurean Physics

The Continuing Vitality of Epicurean Physics Introduction: A Story About the Sun That Is Really About Everything In a recent scholarly essay, T.H.M. Gellar-Goad takes up one of the most ridiculed positions in the history

Cassius

April 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Physics - General

You Have Been Deceived!

You Have Been Deceived! \n 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 surrounde

Cassius

November 23, 2017 at 4:53 PM