FRAGMENTS OF DĒMḖTRIOS OF LAKONIÁ P.Herc. 124 (uncertain letter)1 P.Herc. 128 (uncertain letter) P.Herc. 188 (On Poems) P.Herc. 230 (On Poems) P.Herc. …| Twentiers
Happy and Peaceful Eikas to all! Every month on or around the 20th, members of the Society of Friends of Epicurus gather in memory of the two main founders of our School, Epicurus of Samos and Metrodorus of Lampsacus. But while most students of philosophy have at least a basic familiarity with the first founder, […]| Society of Friends of Epicurus
Before I arrived in Macedonia to work with Volunteers Centre Skopje for three months, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew nothing about this country, its culture, or its pace of life. Yet, from th…| VOICES
Dates of Major Epicurean Works On Nature, Book 11 c. 311 – 310 BCE On Nature, Book 2 c. 311 – 306 BCE On Nature, Book 3 c. 311 – 306 BCE On Nature, Book 4 c. 311 – 306 BCE On Nature, Book 5-10 c. 311 – 306 BCE On Nature, Book 11 c. […]| Twentiers
18 Then from those returns having been given from us [to] Amynomákhos and Timokrátes, according to what is [financially] possible, delegate to Hermákhos to examine both in respect to an offering to the dead thereupon for both my father and my mother and my brothers, and for us the [practice] having been accustomed to celebrate [our] birthday of each […]| Twentiers
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Happy Eikas and Welcome to year 2,366 of Epicurus! Today we celebrate the birth of Epicurus according to Hellenion.org’s Attic calendar and also the Gregorian calendar (because his birthday coincides in both this year). Literary Updates: November 2024 Eikas – Theoxenia: a Practice of Epicurean Hospitality December 2024 Eikas – Nature Must Not Be Forced […]| Society of Friends of Epicurus
May you have a Happy and Peaceful Eikas this month! My latest blogs: Upar and Onar: On Correct and Incorrect Activity and Rest Commentary on Colotes of Lampsacus A big thank you to those who have supported me on Patreon and Substack over the years. There have been some changes to how Patreon subscribers are […]| Society of Friends of Epicurus
I wish you happiness and peace this Eikas! I recently published my commentary on syggenis hedone (Epicurus’ doctrine of congenital pleasure), comparisons of this doctrine with Buddhists doctrines, and an essay on Vatican Saying 41 as a set of practices for systematically awakening our pleasure potential. Commentary on Innate Pleasure – Provides a basic outline of […]| Society of Friends of Epicurus
Eikas cheers to all! This month, I published The Fourth Element of the Soul in Lucretius on my Substack blog. Last month, our friend Marcus updated the Epicurean Writings page, and I published the book review of “Comment peut on être dieu” (How One Can Be A God). This is a French-language book that Marcus […]| Society of Friends of Epicurus
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