Society of Epicurus
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The Society of Friends of Epicurus is a community of modern students and practitioners of Epicurean philosophy. We meet monthly for Eikas in English and Spanish.
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"All beings are fond of life, like pleasure, hate pain, shun destruction, like life, long to live. To all, life is dear." - Achabanga Sutra (a scripture of Jainism), Book 1
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"All beings are fond of life, like pleasure, hate pain, shun destruction, like life, long to live. To all, life is dear." - Achabanga Sutra (a scripture of Jainism), Book 1
It is impossible to separate thought from matter that thinks. - Frederick Engels
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It is impossible to separate thought from matter that thinks. - Frederick Engels
New Epicurean fragments from letters and Symposium
New fragments of Epicurus’ Epistulae and Symposium (co-author Tyler Mayo)
Two Egyptian papyri in the Michigan collection contain fragments of Epicurus, one from his Symposium, the other from his Epistles. In the former, Epicurus discourses to Polyaenus on the visual and olf...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
New Epicurean fragments from letters and Symposium
The Secret Teachings of Epicurus — The Pleasure That Wasn’t Sin
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The Secret Teachings of Epicurus — The Pleasure That Wasn’t Sin
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December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Secret Teachings of Epicurus — The Pleasure That Wasn’t Sin
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On the Need to Mourn Loved Ones
On the Need to Mourn Loved Ones
“Ah!
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December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On the Need to Mourn Loved Ones
The #philosophy of #Epicurus: The way to #happiness is #friendship
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The philosophy of Epicurus: The way to happiness is friendship
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December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The #philosophy of #Epicurus: The way to #happiness is #friendship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRGU... #KnowYourCircle
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Losing 100 Pounds Without Extremes: Why Moderation Beats Obsession: Part of the Fasting Series
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Losing 100 Pounds Without Extremes: Why Moderation Beats Obsession
Part of the Fasting Series
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December 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Losing 100 Pounds Without Extremes: Why Moderation Beats Obsession: Part of the Fasting Series
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thehousethatepicurusbuilt.substack.com/p/losing-100... #diet #health #Epicurean #philosophy
De la simultaneidad entre el placer y la práctica en la teoría salvífica epicúrea
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November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
De la simultaneidad entre el placer y la práctica en la teoría salvífica epicúrea
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Got something to say about the world we’re living in? Say it with us.
The Humanist is looking for new voices and bold ideas on science, philosophy, ethics, and culture.
If you’re working through what feels new or needed, we want to read it.
Submit here: https://thehumanist.com/write-for-us/
The Humanist is looking for new voices and bold ideas on science, philosophy, ethics, and culture.
If you’re working through what feels new or needed, we want to read it.
Submit here: https://thehumanist.com/write-for-us/
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Got something to say about the world we’re living in? Say it with us.
The Humanist is looking for new voices and bold ideas on science, philosophy, ethics, and culture.
If you’re working through what feels new or needed, we want to read it.
Submit here: https://thehumanist.com/write-for-us/
The Humanist is looking for new voices and bold ideas on science, philosophy, ethics, and culture.
If you’re working through what feels new or needed, we want to read it.
Submit here: https://thehumanist.com/write-for-us/
Gifting Epicurean Books During the Holidays
Gifting Epicurean Books During the Holidays
I am slowly working on a book review or synopsis of The Sculpted Word, which proposes theories about how Epicureans promote their philosophy.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Gifting Epicurean Books During the Holidays
Against the Idea of Suffering as Virtue
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A Humanist Exploration of Suffering - TheHumanist.com
The only way to break these cycles of suffering is to educate.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Against the Idea of Suffering as Virtue
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"In truth, stoic masculinity often functions as an anti-ethical force: it justifies moral disengagement, sanctions emotional neglect and isolates men from the relational core of our shared humanity."
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"In truth, stoic masculinity often functions as an anti-ethical force: it justifies moral disengagement, sanctions emotional neglect and isolates men from the relational core of our shared humanity."
Pleasure Is Not the Enemy thehousethatepicurusbuilt.substack.com/p/pleasure-i...
Pleasure Is Not the Enemy
3/3 of the Introductory Series
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November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Pleasure Is Not the Enemy thehousethatepicurusbuilt.substack.com/p/pleasure-i...
"This moment in our industrial history is a critical juncture presents us with an opportunity to democratize the control and use of AI, and to remake the welfare state in a way commensurate to the change and consistent with the social, political, and cultural goals we collectively choose."
Democratize AI or Make the AI Oligarchy an Inevitability
Artificial intelligence technologies are leading us to a critical juncture, forcing a fundamental rethinking of both work and the welfare state. This is a field where early surrender, allowing capital...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"This moment in our industrial history is a critical juncture presents us with an opportunity to democratize the control and use of AI, and to remake the welfare state in a way commensurate to the change and consistent with the social, political, and cultural goals we collectively choose."
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Mamdani:
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Mamdani:
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
Episode #237 of Philosophize This - The #Stoics are wrong. (#Nietzsche, Schopenhauer)
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Episode 237 - Transcript — Philosophize This!
Hello everyone. I’m Stephen West. This is Philosophize This! Patreon.com/philosophizethis. Philosophical writing on Substack at Philosophize This on there. Hope you love the show today. So this podc...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Episode #237 of Philosophize This - The #Stoics are wrong. (#Nietzsche, Schopenhauer)
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Epicurus and The Pursuit of Happiness
Tasting the Perfect Tomato
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November 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Plague of Disinformation
A Warning from the Second Century of Common Era
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A Warning from the Second Century of Common Era
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The Plague of Disinformation
A Warning from the Second Century of Common Era
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November 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Plague of Disinformation
A Warning from the Second Century of Common Era
hiramcrespo.substack.com/p/the-plague...
A Warning from the Second Century of Common Era
hiramcrespo.substack.com/p/the-plague...
