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For other information about the world of Epicurus, please check the following pages:








EpicureanDatabase.wordpress.com: A site dedicated to organizing key Epicurean documents and articles.














EpicureanFriends.com: A discussion forum dedicated to Epicurean Philosophy



Other significant links:


* Purpose of this Forum
* Frequently Asked Questions About Epicurus

* Community Standards of This Forum

* Distinguishing Epicurus From Other Philosophers - A Comparison With Stoicism

* Setting the Stage For Discussion of Pleasure

Discussions By Topic

Physics: Canonics: Ethics:
Materiality:  Atoms and Void - Properties and Qualities and Emergence
 Epicurean Methods of Reasoning And Determining Truth
 Pleasure As the Highest Good
Epicurean Gods And Life Elsewhere In The Universe
 (1) The Five Senses
 Virtue As Instrumental To Pleasure
The Impossibility of Life After Death
 (2) The Feelings of Pleasure and Pain
 The Relationship of Pleasure To Absence of Pain And Disturbance
The Existence of "the Swerve"
 (3) The Anticipations / Preconceptions
 Emotion In Epicurean Philosophy
The Universe As Eternal In Time
 The Trustworthiness of the Senses
 Engagement With The Non-Epicurean World
The Universe As Infinite In Space
 The Significance of "Images"
 Agency / Free Will
The Universe As Having No Center
Friendship in Epicurean Philosophy
The Impossibility of Infinite Divisibility
 Justice in Epicurean Philosophy

Dealing With Adversity