January 19, 2025 - 1pm ET - "Applying Epicurus Accurately" Livestreaming Event

Hi Everyone! We are charting new territory starting in 2025!

Mark your calendar for our first livestreaming event on January 19, 2025 at 1:00pm ET!

We will have presentations by Cassius, Don, Joshua, Bryan, and Kalosyni -- Presentations will be followed by a round table discussion and live chat. Topics are:

"Applying Epicurus Accurately - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift" - Cassius will introduce the topics to be presented in the livestream and address several key topics on which Epicurus is often misunderstood.

"Bread and Water: Debunking the Idea of Epicurean Asceticism" - Don will explain how it is a fallacy that Epicurus was an ascetic, and how one of the pillars of that view - that Epicurus promoted an austere diet - is incorrect.

"Epicurus on the Perils of Applying Geometry to Ethics" - Joshua will present on how Epicurus diagnosed the error of attempting to apply geometric reasoning to ethical questions.

"An Elementary Fact Worth Bearing in Mind" - Bryan will present on translation issues using an example from the letter to Herodotus where Epicurus described an elementary fact worth remembering.

"Moderation in All Things is Not Always the Prudent Course" - Kalosyni will explain how Epicurus advised "prudence" - rather than "moderation" - as the key to happy living.

Each presentation will last approximately twenty minutes, and at the end the presenters will assemble for a panel discussion of the topics, including responses to questions or comments received from the livestream chat.

Hi Everyone! Here is an update with more details on our upcoming livestream event, on January 19th at 1:00 pm ET!

We will use our YouTube channel for livestreaming (click here to check out the EpicureanFriends YouTube page) and plan to set up a chat at that location where listeners can provide live feedback.

Here is our line-up with presentation descriptions:

"Applying Epicurus Accurately - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift" - Cassius Amicus, administrator of the EpicureanFriends.com forum and a co-host of "The Lucretius Today Podcast," will introduce the topics to be presented, and start with an explanation of a number of key topics on which Epicurus is often misunderstood.

"Bread and Water: Debunking the Idea of Epicurean Asceticism" - Don Boozer, longtime EpicureanFriends contributor, will explain how it is a fallacy that Epicurus was an ascetic, and how one of the pillars of that view - that Epicurus promoted an austere diet - is incorrect.

"Epicurus on the Perils of Applying Geometry to Ethics" - Joshua Elbert, co-administrator at EpicureanFriends and co-host of "The Lucretius Today Podcast", will explain how Epicurus diagnosed and remedied the error of those who seek to apply geometric reasoning to ethical questions.

"An Elementary Fact Worth Bearing in Mind" - Bryan, longtime EpicureanFriends contributor, will examine several different translations of Diogenes Laertius' Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 10, Section 47 (on physics) and explain the process of evaluating options when translators disagree.

"Moderation in All Things is Not Always the Prudent Course" - Kalosyni, EpicureanFriends event coordinator, will explain how Epicurus focused on "prudence" - rather than "moderation" - as a key to happy living.

Panel discussion and closing comments - After the presentations, Cassius Amicus will lead the panel in discussion of final comments on these topics, addressing comments and questions submitted by views in the livestream.