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
Happy Jul’ Eikas and Merry Moon Landing!| Society of Friends of Epicurus
Happy M’Eikas, m’friends!| Society of Friends of Epicurus
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
I wish a Happy and Peaceful Eikas to all my Epicurean readers! We recently celebrated our first Eikas in Spanish on the anniversary of the death of Professor Jesús Guevara, a Venezuelan friend who was one of the first members of SoFE and who died in a bicycle accident in 2021. He would have been […]| 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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WARM GREETINGS to friends, and CHEERS to my fellow hogs!| Society of Friends of Epicurus