Special Resources, Core Reading List, and Events
Listen to the latest Lucretius Today Podcast! Episode 225 is now available. Cicero Argues That A Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar to Pleasure.
Contents
Special Resources
- The EpicureanFriends Frequently Asked Questions List.
- The Lucretius Today podcast
- Discussion of individual Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fundamentals of Nature
- Readily Accessible Collection of Core Texts of Epicurean Philosophy
- Bryan's PDF of Usener's Epicurea
- Don's translation of the Letter to Menoeceus
- TIMELINES: Joshua's Timeline of Epicureanism From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity and Nate's Timeline of Ancient Epicurean History
- Don's article "Epicurus' Birthday: The 7th, 10th, or 20th of Gamelion - Mystery Solved
- Nate's Hedonicon Book Trailer (Interview)
- Nate's compilation of the translations of The Principal Doctrines
- Nate's List of "Famous Epicureans Throughout History"
- Nate's Map of "Epicurean Communities of the Ancient World"
- Nate's "First Generation Epicureans" Research
- Martin's Presentation on "Exploring the Relationship Between Epicurus and 'Logic'"
- Joshua's Audio Reading of Torquatus on Epicurean Ethics
- Joshua's Quotations From The Lucretius Today Podcast
- Joshua's "Threads of Epicureanism In Art and Literature"
- The "A Few Days In Athens" Chapter By Chapter Book Review
- Table of Texts With Translation Difficulties
- Controversies In Epicurean Scholarship - A Table of Recurring Issues
- Memorial Calendar of Leading Epicureans
Core Reading List
Recommended Reading List (books and texts). We have found over the years that there are a number of key texts and references which most all serious students of Epicurus will want to read and evaluate for themselves. Those include the following:
- "Epicurus and His Philosophy" by Norman DeWitt
- The Biography of Epicurus by Diogenes Laertius. This includes the surviving letters of Epicurus, including those to Herodotus, Pythocles, and Menoeceus.
- "On The Nature of Things" - by Lucretius (a poetic abridgement of Epicurus' "On Nature"
- "Epicurus on Pleasure" - By Boris Nikolsky
- The chapters on Epicurus in Gosling and Taylor's "The Greeks On Pleasure."
- Cicero's "On Ends" - Torquatus Section
- Cicero's "On The Nature of the Gods" - Velleius Section
- The Inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda - Martin Ferguson Smith translation
- A Few Days In Athens" - Frances Wright
- Lucian Core Texts on Epicurus: (1) Alexander the Oracle-Monger, (2) Hermotimus
- Philodemus "On Methods of Inference" (De Lacy version, including his appendix on relationship of Epicurean canon to Aristotle and other Greeks)
- "The Greeks on Pleasure" -Gosling & Taylor Sections on Epicurus, especially the section on katastematic and kinetic pleasure which explains why ultimately this distinction was not of great significance to Epicurus.
Events
EpicureanFriends Online Epicurean Philosophy Gatherings (members only)
- Wednesday Night Zoom Discussion (Level 01+): Weekly Thread - General Info
- Twentieth Gathering (Level 03 members): Twentieth Gathering - Every Twentieth of the Month
- Monthly Memorial Calendar of Leading Epicureans we add to the program every twentieth as an exercise to expand our basic knowledge of the ancient Epicureans.
- First Monday Epicurean Happy Hour - Meet and Greet New Members
Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy
For a presentation of many details of Epicurean Philosophy assembled from a close paraphrase of passages of the ancient texts, see the slides, text, or video below. Each passage contains a citation to the text or texts from which the point is taken. For prior versions and for a discussion of this material go here.
The Current Version of The Text Is Here.