How to live the Epicurean life in today's society (brainstorming an authoritative list)

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Perhaps this list could be made into a pamplet, or something good for new forum members to read.

Yes I suspect that ww have earlier threads on this, perhaps linked in the FAQ, so the challenge here is not only to come up with a list but make it findable and curated with new additions over time.

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And are there challenges to living an Epicurean life in today's society?

Daily bombardment across the media aimed at stimulating (often likely subliminally) not only unnecessary but also unnatural desires.

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Here is something that is being worked on (list by Cassius) which could jumpstart some practical application of Epicurean philosophy:

What she means there is that i am working on a new format for presenting the lifestyle issues by using the historical characters to illustrate how *they* embodied the desired characteristics. Sort of like a much-abbreviated Plutarch's Lives, but with the focus being one a couple of distinguishing attributes rather than a full bio.

If anyone has any:

1 - suggestions for further illustations, or

2 - desire to compose a couple of paragraphs on how the life illustrates the virtue(s)

then feel free to let me know and I will incorporate that into the finished product.

By the way those "Distinctive Life Aspects" are very preliminary.

I find a practice of "lectio divina" on the texts of Epicurus or even some of the in-depth messages here on this forum. Just reading over it slowly, thinking about what it could mean in different circumstances and really having a "conversation" with yourself about the text. For one it keeps EP on the mind. Rather than just a skim reading or reading for knowledge but filling your mind and chewing on the text, one of the only few good practices from Catholicism but it's far older than that.