Boris Nikolsky is the author of the article "Epicurus on Pleasure" which explains that the kinetic / katastematic distinction was not of significance to Epicurus and was a later (probably Stoic-influenced accretion).
Listen to the latest Lucretius Today Podcast! Episode 226 is now available. We begin (with the help of Cicero's Epicurean spokesman) the first of a series of episodes to analyze the Epicurean view of the nature of the gods.
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