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(Quote) Cassius' recent mention of Stephen Greenblatt has reminded me of one of my favorite hobby-horses---Greenblatt's detractors. The above quote comes from an article in Vox, written by (of course) a Medievalist. More: (Quote) Why it should be the province of philosophers to determine this 'fact' is beyond my power to say. But I am interested in the question. How should we go about determining how widespread Epicureanism was in Antiquity? We know that geographically we can place ancient Epicu…
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A minor curiosity; It appears that Galen wrote several treatise's on Epicurus (almost certainly lost). Perhaps Don can help with these. I read it (badly) as; XVI. On the philosophy of Epicurus [anekonta?] On Epicurus' Eudaimonia and the Happiness of Life two: On Epicurus [?] Pleasure: [can't make anything of this...something about making and pleasure and imperfection] On Choosing Pleasure: [?] The usefulness of Physiology in Moral Philosophy On the (seven books? of the) Sophists Metrodorus: Epis…
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4321-15447-1-PB.pdf Haven't finished this yet, it may give us nothing new. Nate has already done quite a lot in this area.
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(Quote) The article is worth it for this sentence alone!
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Thank you, Don! I am of a kind with Shakespeare on this point; "small Latin and less Greek," or so Ben Jonson styles it. (Quote) That is interesting. I knew the word αἱρέσεις, "choice", because of its modern English derivative; Heresy. Your translation seems to my ear to invite the comparison, as it was precisely the pleasure of choice that would have been so anathema to later Christians. (Quote) This is interesting as well, and bears on our most recent and upcoming podcast episodes. We'll have …
