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The EpicureanFriends Files section is where our Level 3 and above participants store longer documents created offsite which are of special interest to the study of Epicurus. You can use the "Categories" box on the right to find specific sections of the library.

  1. Life And Works Of Hermarchus of Mytilene

    • Cassius
    • July 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM
    New This is the second installment of the Co-founders of the Garden project. Unfortunately, it is also the last one since there's not enough transmitted material about Polyaenus of Lampsacus to create a similar compilation about him.
    • Like 1
    • 30 Downloads

  2. The Life And Works of Metrodorus of Lampsacus

    • Cassius
    • July 21, 2026 at 9:49 PM
    New Tau Phi's Collection of the Works of Metrodorus.
    • 6 Downloads

  3. LeGrande - The Divine Epicurus

    • Cassius
    • June 5, 2026 at 6:03 AM
    Digital transcription by Tau Phi
    • 60 Downloads

  4. No Politics*

    • Eikadistes
    • May 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
    "Epíkouros did not ban slavery, but he did free slaves. He did not reform jail, but he did post bail. He did not legalize women’s choices, but he did publish female voices. He did not manage the State, but he did transfer his estate..."
    • Thanks 1
    • 90 Downloads

  5. David Sedley - "Epicurean Anti-Reductionism" - 1988

    • Cassius
    • March 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
    Epicurean philosophy, although grounded in atomism, cannot be understood as a purely reductionist system.
    • Like 2
    • 141 Downloads

  6. "The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics" - Article By David Sedley

    • Cassius
    • January 23, 2026 at 11:29 AM
    David Sedley compares Epicurus' arguments in favor of atomism in physics with his arguments in favor of pleasure as the focus of ethics.
    • Like 1
    • 82 Downloads

  7. Antiochus IV Epiphanes And Jerusalem

    • Cassius
    • December 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
    A collection of information about what is known of the Epicurean background of Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
    • Love 1
    • 173 Downloads

  8. Bernier - Gassendi's Three Discourses on Happiness, Virtue, and Liberty

    • Cassius
    • November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
    This book is focused on Epicurean philosophy and explaining it in context with other philosophers.
    • Like 1
    • 10 Downloads

  9. All Particles Go to Heaven: The Form and Formation of the (Epicurean) Gods

    • Eikadistes
    • November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
    "[P]rior to the widespread proliferation of supernatural soap operas, the first peoples contemplated a raw form of divinity, unsullied by mythic adulterants."
    • Thanks 2
    • 96 Downloads

  10. Plutarch's Essays On EpicureanIsm

    • Cassius
    • July 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
    Plutarch's Essays On EpicureanIsm
    • 10 Downloads

  11. Kyria Doxai Comparison

    • Don
    • June 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
    This sheet grew out of the interest to understand Kyriai Doxai (Principal Doctrines) as a text and not a "list."
    • Like 1
    • 269 Downloads

  12. The Life of Epíkouros

    • Eikadistes
    • May 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
    This is my personal translation of Diogénēs Laértious' historical biography The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 10: The Life of Epíkouros. This is an evolving project. I will continue making edits on twentiers.com/biography.
    • Thanks 2
    • 8 Downloads

  13. Epicurea - Bryan's Edition of Epicurean Fragments Based On Usener

    • Cassius
    • April 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
    Bryan's Edition of Epicurean Fragments Based On Usener
    • Thanks 3
    • 342 Downloads

  14. P. Herc. 1044 - Life of Philōnídēs

    • Cassius
    • April 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
    Bryan's Edition of the Life of Philōnídēs (P.Herc. 1044), which is quoted in part in the Epicurea at U95.
    • Thanks 1
    • 386 Downloads

  15. Diogenes Laertius Book X - Core Texts of Epicurus - Three Public Domain Versions In One PDF - By Tau Phi

    • Cassius
    • September 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
    Tau Phi's Edition of The Yonge, Bailey, and Hicks Translations of core parts of Diogenes Laertius Book X. The PDF is bookmarked with direct links to the letters of Epicurus and to the Principal Doctrines.
    • Like 1
    • 4.2k Downloads

  16. David Sedley - Epicurean vs Cyreniac Happiness

    • Cassius
    • February 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
    Eudaimonia, happiness, is a property of a whole life, not of some portion of it. (Link to Article at the Academia.edu website.)
    • Like 2
    • 299 Downloads

  17. Bread and Water: Debunking the Idea of Epicurean Asceticism - Text and Notes

    • Don
    • January 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
    Did Epicurus advocate for an “ascetic way of life” or not?
    • Like 2
    • 481 Downloads

  18. Epicurean Gamikós (“Matrimonial”) Script

    • Eikadistes
    • December 31, 2024 at 4:05 PM
    "Matrimony is therefore an act of romantic justice. It is a peaceful pact between lovers to neither harm, nor be harmed, to work as a team in protecting shared interests, setting priorities and working to build a future together..."
    • 343 Downloads

  19. The Justice of the Epicurean Wise Man by P. A. Vander Waerdt

    • Godfrey
    • July 30, 2024 at 11:56 PM
    A defense of the Epicurean conception of justice
    • Thanks 3
    • 410 Downloads

  20. PROLEGOMENA AD HOMERUM - Middlebury College - William Harris

    • Cassius
    • July 1, 2024 at 6:05 AM
    A thoughtful approach to acquiring Latin and Greek.
    • 412 Downloads

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