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A Five Star Presentation of Epicurean Philosophy

I think it's important that we begin to present Epicurean philosophy through podcasts and other audio-video means, so as a test I…

Cassius

October 29, 2018 at 7:40 PM

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Major Controversies In Understanding Epicurean Philosophy

Selection_999(359).jpg Understanding Epicurus takes considerable effort, but not because the doctrines are difficult - they're not! The problem is that Epicurean philosophy has been heavily…

Cassius

January 27, 2018 at 1:58 PM

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Creating "Blog Articles" Here At EpicuranFriends.com

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Creating "Articles" Here At EpicuranFriends.com

One of the abilities of the EpicureanFriends.com forum software is that it handles the publishing of longer "Articles" that can…

Cassius

January 24, 2018 at 6:28 AM

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A Comparison Chart: Stoic vs. Epicurean Philosophy

This chart comparing the major features of Stoicism vs Epicurean philosophy is a continuing work in progress! It is currently hosted at a Google Docs page to make editing easier. Feel free to make…

Cassius

January 20, 2018 at 10:04 AM

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"Objection Your Honor! Attorney Cicero Is Mischaracterizing the Testimony To Mislead The Jury! The Evidence Is Clear: Not Only Is "Ataraxia" Not The Highest Pleasure - Ataraxia Alone Is Not A Pleasure At All!

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"Objection Your Honor! Attorney Cicero Is Mischaracterizing the Testimony!

My title for this article may be melodramatic for effect, but it is essentially the theme…

Cassius

January 20, 2018 at 10:00 AM

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The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model

“It is observed too that in his treatise On the Ethical End he writes in these terms : “I know not how to conceive the good, apart from the pleasures of taste, of sex, of sound, and the…

Cassius

January 20, 2018 at 9:56 AM

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Top Problematic Attitude and “Life Premise” Issues Made Worse By Stoicism and Cured by Epicurean Philosophy

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With the assistance of input from the Facebook group, I have been…

Cassius

November 23, 2017 at 4:55 PM

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You Have Been Deceived!

You have been deceived.

If you are hearing these words in the early years of the twenty-first century, then you have already wasted much of your life dealing with nonsense.

If…

Cassius

November 23, 2017 at 4:53 PM

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The Epicurean Critique of Mathematics

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The Epicurean Critique of Mathematics

I just received this link and have not had a chance to read it but the topic seems fascinating ("The Epicurean Critique of Mathematics") and…

Cassius

July 16, 2017 at 11:02 AM

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Epicurean Meetings and Conventions

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Epicurean Meetings and Conventions

A new Wiki Page devoted to assisting those who want to set up local Epicurean meetup groups or meetings has now been set up. It will be…

Cassius

July 12, 2017 at 8:28 AM

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Blog Articles by Cassius

A Five Star Presentation of Epicurean Philosophy

Creating "Articles" Here At EpicuranFriends.com

"Objection Your Honor! Attorney Cicero Is Mischaracterizing the Testimony!

Top Problematic Attitude and “Life Premise” Issues Made Worse By Stoicism and Cured by Epicurean Philosophy

You Have Been Deceived!

The Epicurean Critique of Mathematics

Epicurean Meetings and Conventions

Unread Threads

The Rhetoric of Explanation in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 2

Evidence of Survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum 1

“Better to lose the money because of me than to lose me because of the money.” 3

An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 12

Was De Rerum Natura intended as satire? A lecture by THM Gellar-Goad. 14