Ethics

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Duty, Evolution, Neuroscience, Attic Tragedy, and Epicurean Philosophy

An Analysis of a Father’s Death Sentence Against His Own Son - Torquatus and the Roman Recasting of Epicurean Philosophy. Titus Manlius Torquatus, as portrayed in Cicero’s De Finibus , appears as a defender of Epicurean

Elli

November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM

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Clinamen Vitae - The swerve toward lived experience, where life is worthy of being lived.

Between night and day lie twilight and dawn - moments that belong neither to light nor to darkness, yet honor both as complementary shades of our natural, tangible, and shared reality. These moments transcend - or rather

Elli

October 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM

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PRINCIPAL DOCTRINE XIV – ANALYSIS & CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION

This work was authored by George Kaplanis, a retired notary and founding member of the Group for the Analysis and Experiential Application of Epicurean Philosophy Today ( http://www.epicuros21.gr ) The work is structured

Elli

June 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM

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Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading

PD 40: “As many as possess the power to procure complete immunity from their neighbours, these also live most pleasantly with one another, since they have the most certain pledge of security, and after they have enjoyed

Elli

June 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM

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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, wood, and tiles—(these) are

Elli

May 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM

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"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 London School of Eco

Cassius

May 15, 2020 at 1:54 PM

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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 except that of Epicurus hi

Cassius

May 4, 2020 at 9:08 AM

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On the Ill Health of Epicurus vs The Insanity of the Modern World (In The Pandemic Of Coronavirus).

From Diogenes Laertius, Book 10 (The Biography of Epicurus), we read something that may lead us again to revisit the matter of the apparent chronic ill health of Epicurus, and how the great philosopher confronted and dea

Elli

March 19, 2020 at 2:04 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 Epicurus on friendship, tryi

Cassius

November 1, 2019 at 3:38 PM

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

Bailey, Epicurean Fragment 87 . "We must say how best a man will maintain the natural end of life, and how no one will willingly at first aim at public office." \n Lucretius Book 3 : And while men driven on by an unreal

Cassius

September 27, 2019 at 4:05 PM

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On Pleasure vs. Tranquility - A Dialogue With Southampton

JC: Hi Cassius. I'm sorry to badger you about this again, but I'm still trying to get my head around the pleasure principle. From my reading, all scholars agree that Epicurus divides pleasure into kinetic and katastemati

Cassius

September 26, 2019 at 4:06 PM

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Epicurean Philosophy or Epicureanism?

Epicurean Philosophy or Epicureanism? \n In\na recent conversation to the Garden of Thessaloniki, a question was raised\nwhether the Epicureans could participate as a party to the political scene of\nthe Country. The fri

Elli

June 16, 2019 at 8:41 AM

"Free Will In Epicurean Philosophy" - by Dimitris Liarmakopoulos

Elli Pensa has translated for us the following article by a Greek student of Epicurus, Dimitris Liarmakopoulos.

Elli

May 17, 2019 at 6:40 PM

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A Neighbor And His Dog - by Elli Pensa

A Neighbor And His Dog I have a story to tell you about a neighbor and his dog, but first I would like to share with you some thoughts on Epicurean Doctrine 40: “As many as possess the power to procure complete security

Cassius

November 5, 2018 at 10:45 AM

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"When the Gospel of Minimalism Collides With Daily Life"

"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

Cassius

July 3, 2017 at 11:21 AM

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Ataraxia And The Issue of Confident Expectation

06/21/17 - The following is excerpted from two posts on the Facebook Group : I continue to believe that formulations of ataraxia that imply that passivity (all we have to do is suppress pain) is sufficient are overly bro

Cassius

June 21, 2017 at 1:37 PM