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Keeping Watch With The Epicurean Chorus – Happily Thriving And Alive With Joy!
Thanks to a friend on the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Page, here is a great find – a specifically Epicurean funeral epitaph. This Latin is CIL (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum) number 10.2971. This is from the book “Vertis in usum: Studies in Honor of Edward Courtney” and …
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“Contributions of the Herculanean Papyri To Our Knowledge of Epicurean Logic”
Here is a good summary of the major points made by Phillip H. De Lacy in his article from 1937 as it appeared in the “Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association,” Volume 68. Note that the first seven items are areas, stated in Epicurean …
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Hiram Crespo’s “Tending the Epicurean Garden”
I have been meaning to write a more extended review of this new book, but I don’t want to wait any longer to post about it. Hiram’s recently-released “Tending the Epicurean Garden” is excellent, and it is focused on providing practical advice as to how …
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On The Need For the European Union To Adopt The Epicurean Concept of “Pursuit of Happiness” As A Human Right
Why should it strike anyone as unusual that there are so many unhappy people in Europe (and elsewhere, to be fair!) when the leaders of Europe have not adopted the “pursuit of happiness” as a fundamental right of man? This was the topic of a …
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of July: “The Greater Part of Life Is Sunshine”
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! I know that some find it odd, and others find it tedious, that I am forever pointing out the differences between Stoicism and Epicureanism. And then there are those who as …
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Epicurus v. Cicero on Natural Law and Justice
I am probably not going to add this to my Epicurus v. Stoicism chart (to be posted here soon!), because Cicero did not consider himself Stoic, and I want to keep the chart as accurate about Stoicism as possible. But if you would like to …
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