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  • Lorenzo Valla   Imagines Philologorum

    Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of October – Lorenzo Valla Sides With Epicurus Over the Stoics

    Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be – Happy Twentieth! On this Twentieth of October I’d like to call your attention to a page that contains excerpts from what appears to be Lorenzo Valla’s “On Pleasure.”    I will try to …

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  • Justicewithoutblindfold

    Notes on “Justice”

    This post is just a placeholder for setting up a page of links on Epicurean concepts of Justice. PD 31. Natural justice is a pledge of reciprocal benefit, to prevent one man from harming or being harmed by another. PD 32. Those animals which are …

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  • Ciucea Castle Roman Fountain 2

    A Recap of Principles of Epicurean Physics

    There are many who lurk who don’t get a chance to do much extra reading. For their benefit let me drop back to the most fundamental observations of Epicurus about the nature of the universe. These serve as the essential basis for every statement on …

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  • HerculesAGalaxy

    Science / Physics Update

    Several recent emails from a reader have reminded me that physics /science is an important part of Epicurean philosophy.  Epicurus did not just presume that “living pleasurably” should be the goal of life, he went back to the basics to establish that the universe operates …

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