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A single-page PDF of the 12 Fundamentals of Nature (Physics) and the 40 Key Doctrines (Canonics, Ethics).

Due to my age I remember a time before smartphones when I carried around my notes and to-do lists on printed pieces of letter-sized paper folded to fit in my pocket. Today I decided I wanted to have that same kind of ready access to the main Epicurean doctrines, so I produced the attached PDF of the 12 fundamentals of nature (physics) and the 40 doctrines. I also hope to use this as a handout at Meetup meetings and other presentations in the future. As I find typos and/or make improvements I will update revisions here. I hope someone finds this helpful. (Download by clicking the blue button at the top right.)

  • Version 1.0.0

    • Cassius
    • November 21, 2017 at 11:17 AM
    • 444.45 kB
    • 67 Downloads

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