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Max DuBoff
Reaction (Post)June 30, 2026 at 1:21 AM Hello everyone and especially the mod team. I just wanted to add a post here because it has been a year (and I don't want to be mistaken as inactive, even though I haven't posted).
Over the past 12 months I have read Norman DeWitt's Epicurus and His… -
Max DuBoff
June 30, 2026 at 1:11 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Max Duboff.PostThanks for this note, Cassius! Yes, I'm very glad for your opinionated-ness, as you put it. And I wanted to share my papers as part of that project: I'm very interested in your feedback (including objections), and I don't consider my interpretations of… -
Max DuBoff
Reaction (Post)June 30, 2026 at 12:50 AM Thanks for the kind words Max and it's a pleasure to hear from you.
No doubt you've been reading somewhat on the forum and you've seen that we are a somewhat "opinionated" website, actually trying to build a community true to the ancient model and not… -
Max DuBoff
Reaction (Post)June 30, 2026 at 12:48 AM Welcome aboard! -
Charles
June 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Raphael Raul’s post in the thread 'Their God Is The Belly" / "The Root of All Good Is The Pleasure Of The Stomach" And Similar Attributions.The following is a reply to Eikadistes, who replies to Cassius:
Above is an illustration I painted in a "naive" style using pastel on canvas paper, depicting a quote that scholars, for the most part, agree is from Epicurus or a paraphrase. I think… -
Cassius
June 29, 2026 at 9:19 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Max Duboff.PostThanks for the kind words Max and it's a pleasure to hear from you.
No doubt you've been reading somewhat on the forum and you've seen that we are a somewhat "opinionated" website, actually trying to build a community true to the ancient model and not… -
Don
June 29, 2026 at 8:06 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Max Duboff.PostWelcome aboard! -
Don
Reaction (Post)June 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM Thank you so much! Glad to be here. In addition to what I said to Cassius (posted above), I'll add that I found Epicureanism through general reading in classical philosophy, and I was attracted to it because of the focus on both theoretical and practical… -
Don
Reaction (Post)June 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM Dear Cassius,
I'm confirming that I registered for an account on Epicurean Friends. I mainly did so to let members of the community know about some scholarly articles I have forthcoming: one on why/how an Epicurean can die for a friend, and another on… -
Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)June 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM Thank you so much! Glad to be here. In addition to what I said to Cassius (posted above), I'll add that I found Epicureanism through general reading in classical philosophy, and I was attracted to it because of the focus on both theoretical and practical…
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