I just found this review of a book -- "The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists" by J. Warren -- and thought to share. Wondering if it would be fruitful to compare and to see how Epicurus was reacting to these earlier philosophies:

Earlier Ancient Greek Ideas on Pleasure - Plato/ Aristotle - Pleasure of Reason
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Thanks for posting! Some of these chapter titles look very interesting!
The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic HedonistsCambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonistswww.cambridge.org -
FYI the author...
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