Nature of Pleasure

File List

The EpicureanFriends Files section is where we store longer documents created offsite which are of special interest to our readers. You can use the "Categories" box on the right to find specific sections of the library.

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

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

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