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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. Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy - Single Page Handout

    • Cassius
    • November 21, 2017 at 11:18 AM
    A single-page PDF of the 12 Fundamentals of Nature (Physics) and the 40 Key Doctrines (Canonics, Ethics).
    • Love 2
    • 64 Downloads

  2. Long: "Chance and Natural Law In Epicureanism"

    • Cassius
    • June 28, 2019 at 8:52 AM
    Long: "Chance and Natural Law In Epicureanism"
    • 276 Downloads

  3. David Sedley - Sextus Empiricus And The Atomist Criterion of Truth

    • Cassius
    • July 1, 2019 at 5:17 PM
    David Sedley - Sextus Empiricus And The Atomist Criterion of Truth
    • 277 Downloads

  4. Diskin Clay: Epicurus' Last Will and Testament

    • Cassius
    • January 4, 2020 at 10:41 PM
    The title of this article is very figuratively written, and the subject is not at all focused narrowly on Epicurus' last will, but much more broadly on Epicurus' general legacy, with a lot of attention to physics.
    • 260 Downloads

  5. Chilton - Did Epicurus Approve of Marriage

    • Cassius
    • January 28, 2020 at 8:09 AM
    Chilton - Did Epicurus Approve of Marriage
    • 295 Downloads

  6. GRZELAK: The Presence of Ethical Teaching in De Rerum Natura of Lucretius

    • Cassius
    • February 7, 2020 at 7:05 AM
    Highlighting the Ethical Aspects of Lucretius' poem
    • 332 Downloads

  7. Hadzits - Significance of Worship And Prayer Among the Epicureans

    • Cassius
    • March 3, 2020 at 5:06 PM
    Article on the Epicurean attitude toward prayer and worship - says that they were undoubtedly sincere.
    • Love 2
    • 244 Downloads

  8. "Epicurean Kinetics" by Norman DeWitt

    • Cassius
    • April 17, 2020 at 6:33 AM
    This article is an analysis of a part of the Letter to Herodotus on motion, but it is really directed toward challenging existing views of the Epicurean "Canon of Truth"
    • 285 Downloads

  9. Article by Norman DeWitt: Epicurus, ΠϵρὶΦαντασίας (Present Impressions of the Mind)

    • Cassius
    • April 17, 2020 at 7:04 AM
    Article By Norman Dewitt on Present Impressions of the mind
    • 212 Downloads

  10. Tsouna - Epicurean Preconceptions (2016 Article)

    • Cassius
    • May 2, 2020 at 6:14 PM
    Epicurean Preconceptions
    • 227 Downloads

  11. Sedley: "Epicurus' Refutation of Determinism"

    • Cassius
    • June 3, 2020 at 8:40 AM
    1983 Paper which is the one of the best treatments of Epicurus' view of the Free Will / Agency / Determinism issue available.
    • 412 Downloads

  12. Norman DeWitt - Epicurus On Immediate Presentations ("Phantasias")

    • Cassius
    • August 17, 2020 at 8:55 PM
    The title is open to correction. If anyone would like to suggest something better, please add a note in the comments.
    • Thanks 1
    • 233 Downloads

  13. Frances Wright's "Course of Popular Lectures" - Volume 1 1829

    • Cassius
    • September 24, 2020 at 6:48 AM
    Frances Wright's "Course of Popular Lectures" 1829
    • 285 Downloads

  14. Frances Wright's "Course of Popular Lectures" - Volume 2 - 1836

    • Cassius
    • September 24, 2020 at 6:53 AM
    Frances Wright's "Course of Popular Lectures" - Volume 2 - 1836
    • 297 Downloads

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