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    Mathew Wenham - On Cicero's Interpretation of Katastematic Pleasure In Epicurus

    • Cassius
    • Jun 30th 2022
    The standard interpretation of the concept of katastematic pleasure in Epicurus .... leads to fundamental contradictions in his theory. I claim that it is not Epicurus, but the standard interpretation that generates these errors...
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  2. Epicurus: The Summum Bonum Fallacy

    • Cassius
    • Feb 13th 2022
    The aim of this article is to show how the lack of a definite article in Latin obliterated the doctrine of Epicurus that life itself and not pleasure is the greatest good.
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  3. Gosling & Taylor - On Katastematic and Kinetic Pleasure

    • Cassius
    • Feb 3rd 2018
    Gosling & Taylor on Katastematic and Kinetic Pleasure
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    Wenham - On Cicero's Interpretation of Katastematic Pleasure in Epicurus

    • Cassius
    • Feb 1st 2018
    Every so often I like to remind people of two particularly important articles in our "files" section here.
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    Nikolsky - Epicurus On Pleasure

    • Cassius
    • Jan 13th 2018
    One of the most important articles on this site: Boris Nikolsky Details Why The Kinetic/Katestematic Distinction Is Not Epicurean
    • 222 Downloads
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