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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. "Organization and Procedure in Epicurean Groups" - Norman DeWitt - 1936

    • Cassius
    • November 22, 2017 at 8:29 AM
    DeWitt's summary of what is known about organization and procedure in ancient Epicurean Groups as published in the July 1936 edition of Classical Philology.
    • Like 1
    • 41 Downloads

  2. Application of the Fundamentals of Nature

    • Cassius
    • November 22, 2017 at 5:12 PM
    This is number two in a series of handouts on the Fundamentals of Nature and Key Doctrines.
    • 33 Downloads

  3. Major Characteristics of the Epicurean View of Life

    • Cassius
    • November 22, 2017 at 9:46 PM
    This is a list of major characteristics of the Epicurean view of life.
    • Love 1
    • 63 Downloads

  4. Epicurus - The Extant Remains - Cyril Bailey - Oxford - 1926

    • Cassius
    • November 24, 2017 at 10:04 AM
    As of 2017, probably still the best and most complete collection of core Epicurean texts freely available on the internet.
    • 17 Downloads

  5. The Greek Atomists and Epicurus - Cyril Bailey

    • Cassius
    • November 24, 2017 at 10:08 AM
    A History of Atomism Up To And Including Epicurus
    • 15 Downloads

  6. History of Philosophy - Fifth Part - Thomas Stanley's Translation of Gassendi's Life and Doctrines of Epicurus

    • Cassius
    • November 24, 2017 at 10:11 AM
    This text is the best available English translation of the Life and Doctrines of Epicurus by Pierre Gassendi
    • 16 Downloads

  7. Cicero - On Ends - Rackham translation

    • Cassius
    • November 24, 2017 at 10:16 AM
    Book One of this text, devoted to discussion of Epicurean Philosophy, is a very important source of information on ancient Epicureanism.
    • 12 Downloads

  8. Riley - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates

    • Cassius
    • January 10, 2018 at 4:17 PM
    Details of the Epicurean Criticism of Socrates for his character and method of teaching.
    • 14 Downloads

  9. Nikolsky - Epicurus On Pleasure

    • Cassius
    • January 13, 2018 at 6:54 PM
    One of the most important articles on this site: Boris Nikolsky details one theory about the history of the "Kinetic / Katestematic" distinction.
    • 683 Downloads

  10. DeWitt on Isonomy

    • Cassius
    • January 22, 2018 at 1:51 PM
    DeWitt on Isonomy, one of the Epicurean arguments for divinity
    • 468 Downloads

  11. Wenham - On Cicero's Interpretation of Katastematic Pleasure in Epicurus

    • Cassius
    • February 1, 2018 at 9:05 PM
    Every so often I like to remind people of two particularly important articles in our "files" section here.
    • 398 Downloads

  12. Gosling & Taylor - On Katastematic and Kinetic Pleasure

    • Cassius
    • February 3, 2018 at 1:28 PM
    Gosling & Taylor on Katastematic and Kinetic Pleasure
    • 543 Downloads

  13. De Lacy: Limit And Variation In The Epicurean Philosophy

    • Cassius
    • February 18, 2018 at 8:24 AM
    An article on the importance of "limits" in Epicurean philosophy.
    • 377 Downloads

  14. The Pleasure of Knowledge. Reassessing Nussbaum's Interpretation of Epicurean Therapy - Elena Nicoli

    • jbaker
    • April 11, 2018 at 8:30 PM
    A Contested Influence. Hellenistic Philosophy and Modern Thought from Nietzsche to Nussbaum
    • 622 Downloads

  15. Philodemus - A Study Of His Ethical Works

    • Cassius
    • March 20, 2019 at 10:26 PM
    Philodemus
    • 5.9k Downloads

  16. Epicurean Preconceptions - Tsouna

    • Cassius
    • April 13, 2019 at 11:14 PM
    Epicurean Preconceptions
    • 494 Downloads

  17. On Nature Book 28 - Reconstruction By David Sedley - 1973 Article

    • Cassius
    • April 15, 2019 at 10:55 AM
    Sedley reconstruction of fragments from Book 28
    • 6 Downloads

  18. 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"
    • 451 Downloads

  19. L.P. Wilkinson: Philodemus On Ethos In Music

    • Cassius
    • May 26, 2019 at 5:46 PM
    Philodemus On Ethos In Music
    • 7 Downloads

  20. Bernier - Gassendi's Three Discourses on Happiness, Virtue, and Liberty

    • Cassius
    • November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
    New This book is focused on Epicurean philosophy and explaining it in context with other philosophers.
    • Like 1
    • 10 Downloads

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