Ethics

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File List

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. David Sedley - Epucurean 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 1
    • 78 Downloads

  2. 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
    • 173 Downloads

  3. Jeffrey Fish - Not All Politicians Are Sisyphus - What Roman Epicureans Were Taught About Politics

    • Cassius
    • March 6, 2023 at 10:43 PM
    Well researched presentation of the argument that Epicurean philosophy can embrace, in proper circumstances, prudent participation in political affairs. I think this document is likely to become one of our key references on "engagement with society."
    • Like 1
    • 243 Downloads

  4. CIcero's Presentation of Epicurean Ethics - By Mary Porter Packer (1938)

    • Cassius
    • February 16, 2022 at 1:27 PM
    A study based primarily on De Finibus I and II
    • Like 1
    • 310 Downloads

  5. Epicurean Conturbernium - Essay By Norman DeWitt

    • Cassius
    • December 28, 2021 at 7:01 PM
    VI.-Epicurean Contubernium NORMAN W. DEWITT - UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
    • Like 1
    • 266 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
    • 354 Downloads

  7. Packer (Mary Porter) - "Cicero's Presentation of Epicurean Ethics"

    • Cassius
    • May 2, 2019 at 2:14 PM
    Packer (Mary Porter) - "Cicero's Presentation of Epicurean Ethics"
    • 341 Downloads

  8. Philodemus - A Study Of His Ethical Works

    • Cassius
    • March 20, 2019 at 10:26 PM
    Philodemus
    • 368 Downloads

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    2. Who are capable of figuring the problem out 5

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    2. What fears does modern science remove, as Epicurean physics did in antiquity? 31

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      • June 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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    2. Porphyry - Letter to Marcella -"Vain Is the Word of the Philosopher..." 17

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      • June 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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    2. Daily life of ancient Epicureans / 21st Century Epicureans 38

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      • May 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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    2. Emily Austin's "LIving For Pleasure" Wins Award. (H/T to Lowri for finding this!)

      • Cassius
      • May 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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