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Whenever we can it is good for us to promote the work for forum participants in spreading the word about Epicurus. I have neglected to link to Mike's blog, but I see he has a new post, and we ought to keep track of and comment on his posts as part of this forum too. Here's his latest: https://epicureanmindset.blogs…u-need-to-get-rid-of.html

I just read the article I linked and I completely agree with it -- but spurred by recent other conversations here (discussing consumerism), I would add more: Major Point One is -- You have focused on several of the major causes of anxiety - improper priorities for fame, money, and power. Depending on the audience, those are indeed common issues that need to be dealt with. But in addition to those, Epicurus placed fear of false religion, and fear of death, even higher on the scale of things needi…

I was going to put this in a separate thread but I think I will put it here. Some of you have probably seen this exchange on facebook. I really like the guy asking the question so I will just put the exchange here without names because I don't want this to seem to be a hit on him personally. LOTS of people do this -- even people writing here on this forum with the best of intentions, because they just refuse or can't grasp the issue of how contextual Epicurean philosophy is. So we have a huge ta…

Mike you're presumably reading my exchanges with Hiram in regard to Metrodorus and Philodemus on economics, which is covering some of these same issues. I do hope you will continue to write more and think "outside the box" of the kind of "make the best of a bad situation" approach that seems to be characteristic of Epicurean writers for at least the last fifty years. Yes, "make the best of a bad situation" makes good sense in a way, but if it turns into a British-sounding "keep a stiff up lip" w…

New post from Mike here: "How To Remove Your Fears And Worries" - https://epicureanmindset.blogs…ur2-KeB77dDvNHRgrRuXLEKZY My comments: (Quote) Very well stated and a foundational point - relates also to recent discussions with Godfrey about the Stenger book and alternate viewpoints on "origin" of the universe. (Quote) Ha - that reminds me of "expect the worst and you'll never be disappointed" which is probably a little off because both "pessimism" and "optimism" are probably inferior to being a…

OK I certainly agree with that point - clearly we must be aware of all reasonable possibilities that could occur and arrange our actions accordingly. So considering "expect the worst" to mean "consider all reasonable possibilities, including the worst," and "plan so as to minimize the worst possibilities" and similar, yes I definitely agree. Is that more in line with what you are thinking?

Mike your wording is really very good already. Also - I presume English may not be your first language? If not, that makes your command of the language particularly noteworthy.

I added Epicurean Mindset blog to the list of links here and will see if I can also update my other lists of links: https://www.epicureanfriends.com/wcf/index.php?links/ Mike is there a link for an RSS feed? I don't immediately see one but will add it to Epicurustoday.com as well if you have one.

Done - added to Epicurustoday.com.

Good grief how ridiculous! Thank you for posting that!