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Proud to Be Apikoros!
Here’s a new post from Forward- The Jewish Daily, entitled: How Are We Getting Epicurious? It’s a brief read and informative for those who are not aware of the Jewish term Apikoros, if one keeps in mind the error of calling the Epicurus an “atheist.” …
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Research Projects: 2 – The Meaning of the “Tetrapharmakos”
This post is the second of several on particular research projects I want to pursue. I will appreciate it greatly if anyone who has any comment or suggestion emails me here or via Facebook. Here is the second installment: The “tetrapharmakos” is a four-line condensation …
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Research Projects: 1 – The Meaning of Key Doctrine 6
This post is the first of several on particular research projects I want to pursue. I will appreciate it greatly if anyone who has any comment or suggestion on any of them emails me here or via Facebook. Here is the first installment: I note …
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of February
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! For today’s post I would simply like to reiterate my concern, which I share with Plotina, for the importance of accurate Epicurean education. If you have not read my post on …
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The Seductive Dead-End of Stoicism
I have long wondered at the (to me) odd sense of passivism and fatalism that I find among some of those who state their admiration for Epicurus. I now think, after spending much of a weekend reviewing Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations,” that I have a much …
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Even For Physicists, It Is Not Possible To Live Happily Unless One Lives Wisely, Honorably, and Justly…..
I was recently pointed toward a presentation given by Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins on youtube entitled “Something from Nothing?” I have time only for brief comment, but the point is important. Suffice it to say as introduction that Krauss is apparently an advocate for …
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