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- Diogenes Laertius: The Life of Epicurus
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- Cicero: Torquatus’ Defense of Epicurus from “On Ends”
- Seneca: References to Epicurus
- Lucian: Hermotimus
- Lucian: Alexander the Oracle-Monger
- Cosma Raimondi
- Gassendi’s Epicurus
- Gassendi’s Epicurus – Part 1 – Life of Epicurus
- Gassendi’s Epicurus – Part 2A – Of Philosophy in General
- Gassendi’s Epicurus – Part 2B – The First Part of Philosophy, Canonick, of the Criteries
- Gassendi’s Epicurus – Part 2C – The Second Part of Philosophy, Physick, or, of Nature
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- Thomas Jefferson: Pro Epicurus / Contra Plato
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- The Tripod of Truth
- The Doctrines of Epicurus – Annotated
- An Introduction To The Nature of Things
- Ante Oculos – Epicurus and The Evidence-Based Life
- A Life Worthy of the Gods – The Life And Work of Epicurus
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of March – It’s Time To Rescue Venus!
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! The Twentieth of the month is a day to remember not just Epicurus and the founders of Epicurean philosophy, but the core of the message they worked so hard to bring …
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New “Fundamentals of Epicurean Philosophy” Video
Today it is time to release an advanced draft of a new “Fundamentals of Epicurean Philosophy” video I have been preparing. The point of this effort is to produce an overview of the most important concepts, tied as tightly as possible to the original texts. …
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The Painless Peter Potter Principle
In 1948, Bob Hope and Jane Russell starred in the movie “The Paleface.” Hope’s character in the movie was “Painless Peter Potter,” a dentist whose selling point was that he used laughing gas to minimize the pain of treatment. What has this got to do …
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One of the Best Presentations On The History of Epicurean Philosophy You Will Likely Ever See
Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve, presents a talk entitled “Lucretius And His Intolerable Ideas.” This talk was given at the Getty Museum on June 5, 2014. This talk focuses on the ideas even more than does the book, and it is well worth the …
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Lucretius’ Hymn To Venus, from Book I of De Rerum Natura, Set to Music
Lucretius’ Hymn To Venus, from Book I of De Rerum Natura, set to music. Excellent!
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