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Vampire Ethics

sldargento wrote 1 week ago: Ethics is a philosophy of morals which guides the conduct to what is right and wrong. This may apply … more →

Tags: vampire non-fiction, ethics, Morality, John Stuart Mill, Ayn Rand, Jeremy Bentham, Aristippus, Utilitarianism, vampire ethics

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring

thx42day wrote 1 week ago: “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was … more →

Tags: Quotes and Wise Sayings, Quotes, Wise, gratitude, happiness, epicurus, Attitude

Defining Epicurean Hedonism

foggytown wrote 2 weeks ago: Note: I am putting together original writings for my philosophy site (which has recently undergone a … more →

Tags: Personal, rave, epicurus, epicurean, Pleasure, hedonism

Myriad and many-mingled: Translations of De rerum natura1 comment

Lucretius, ver. 21c wrote 2 weeks ago: Near the end of Book 1 of De rerum natura, Lucretius sets forth a non-teleological account of creati … more →

Tags: Philosophy

Tomato, Corn & Avocado Salad2 comments

SarahNicoleTheNutritionist wrote 2 weeks ago: This past weekend, our friends visited and they brought us a cookbook called Jerusalem by Yotam Otto … more →

Tags: Tomato, Corn, avocado, salad, dill, scallions

Death does not ...

gthephilosopher wrote 2 weeks ago: Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we … more →

Tags: Philosophy, epicurus, Quotes, death, Lucretius, Crime and Justice, Death Penalty, Thomas Nagel

Wine - Part One

thewinegallimaufry wrote 3 weeks ago: First things first. I like wine.  I like to drink wine.  Sometimes I like to talk about wine – … more →

Tags: Wine, South Africa, Theory, Fermentation (wine), Grape, Unnecessarily Long Introduction To Wine

Was Epicurus the Father of the Modern World? “The Swerve” Reviewed.

Flavius Saxo wrote 3 weeks ago: So far, we have only touched on Epicurus, mostly as a source of comfort from the fear of death throu … more →

Tags: epicurus, Lucretius, Stephen Greenblatt, George Santayana

On Ourselves

Flavius Saxo wrote 4 weeks ago: Cover of Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity The great late 20th Century thinker and philosopher Rich … more →

Tags: epicurus, richard rorty, Buddhism, Contingency Irony and Solidarity

Why this blog?4 comments

Flavius Saxo wrote 4 weeks ago: Don Draper of Mad Men works on Madison Avenue (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Don Draper is the troubled a … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Carpe Diem 1 comment

Some Teenage Blog wrote 1 month ago: “Carpe Diem, Quam Minimum Credula Postero.” Or in other words: Seize the day, putting as … more →

Tags: Carpe Diem!, epicurus, Expat, Life, Moving, Pleasure, Religion, Teenage, Teenager

Diogenes of Oinoanda: Facilitating the public understanding of science, 2nd-century style

Lucretius, ver. 21c wrote 1 month ago: It’s the 2nd century AD. You’re near the end of your years, have a solution to the puzzl … more →

Tags: Physics, Long Term Thinking, Lucretian tourism

I Believe in Pleasure and Pain1 comment

Jason Leslie Rogers wrote 1 month ago: It never occurred to me that I was a hedonist, not until about a year ago. I’ve known for a fe … more →

Tags: Mind & Body, Philosophy, Children, Fear, Philosophy, Pain, Work, ethics, Family

Week 19: Guilty of the Epicurean Life4 comments

Danielle Harris wrote 1 month ago: The Epicurean way of life is to see pleasure as the greatest good, but divides from hedonism by prom … more →

Tags: 52 Weeks to Simplicity, Religion and Spirituality, God, Life Story, C. S. Lewis, simplicity, Life, Lifestyle, Philosophy

Review of What the Buddha taught by Walpola Rahula

irrationalitydestroyer wrote 1 month ago: Initially, I didn’t know how important this book was, as my dad bought it and gave it to me fr … more →

Tags: Atheism, Religion, Buddhism, Taoism, Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha taugh, Review, WALPOLA, Rahula

The Swerve2 comments

bfootgrrl wrote 1 month ago: I always thought I received an above-average education from my rural Pennsylvania high school and fr … more →

Tags: Loves, Classics, Philosophy, nonfiction, Lucretius, renaissance, Antiquity, atomism, On the Nature of Things

David Blank on Philodemus

Michael J. Augustin wrote 2 months ago: I had the pleasure of meeting David Blank last month. He was visiting UCSB to deliver a talk on some … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Philodemus

On Humanism & The Death of God2 comments

M.J. Augustine wrote 2 months ago: Introduction The Age of Reason, which began somewhere in the mid-17th Century and lasted until the e … more →

Tags: Philosophica, Philosophy, God, humanism, Religion, Nietzsche

Book Review: Uniqueness of Carvaka Philosophy in Traditional Indian Thought2 comments

Videshi Sutra wrote 2 months ago: I’m working on a much longer article (or series of articles?) on the Charvaka/Lokayata school … more →

Tags: Atheism, Book Review, Hinduism, lokayata, Philosophy, ancient, atheism, Barhaspatya, bharat


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