Eikadistes
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I'm an Epicurean writer, I've spent time in the Shire ... will we ever retire?
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Eikadistes
@eikadistes.bsky.social
· May 21
Cheers, friends. Please enjoy my new translation of The Life of Epíkouros, a historical biography preserved in Book 10 of The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogénēs Laértios I hope you find it to be entertaining and instructive: www.academia.edu/129436319/Th...
"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."
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"Epíkouros loyally observed all the forms of worship and enjoined upon his friends to observe them..." (On Piety)
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"Epíkouros loyally observed all the forms of worship and enjoined upon his friends to observe them..." (On Piety)
Imagine living in the first era in human history where we can actually view recorded images of the isolated particles that comprise reality (particles once ridiculed by Epicurean opponents as being fictions from a bad philosophy)...
...but still thinking particle physics is bunk.
...but still thinking particle physics is bunk.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Imagine living in the first era in human history where we can actually view recorded images of the isolated particles that comprise reality (particles once ridiculed by Epicurean opponents as being fictions from a bad philosophy)...
...but still thinking particle physics is bunk.
...but still thinking particle physics is bunk.
Thank Zeus It's Friday! Take a break from politics and take your mind for a stroll through the worlds of Theravada Buddhism and Epicurean Philosophy as we explore similarities and dissimilarities between the two traditions. Be well and live earnestly: societyofepicurus.com/dhammapada/
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thank Zeus It's Friday! Take a break from politics and take your mind for a stroll through the worlds of Theravada Buddhism and Epicurean Philosophy as we explore similarities and dissimilarities between the two traditions. Be well and live earnestly: societyofepicurus.com/dhammapada/
October 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
F r e e y o u r m i n d.
October 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
F r e e y o u r m i n d.
Weekly reminder that no matter what our government mandates, or what Congress legislates, or what the dictator dictates, the constitution of Mother Nature is immune to the petty opinions of people. Her spectrum is far too vast for the simple binaries of American politics.
October 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Weekly reminder that no matter what our government mandates, or what Congress legislates, or what the dictator dictates, the constitution of Mother Nature is immune to the petty opinions of people. Her spectrum is far too vast for the simple binaries of American politics.
Greetings hogs and Happy Eikas! This Twentieth, please enjoy my reflection on psychedelic spirituality as it relates to Epicurus' theory of images. Then have a gyro on me: societyofepicurus.com/holy-shit-th...
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Greetings hogs and Happy Eikas! This Twentieth, please enjoy my reflection on psychedelic spirituality as it relates to Epicurus' theory of images. Then have a gyro on me: societyofepicurus.com/holy-shit-th...
"For nobody can prove that in one sort of world there might not be contained, whereas in another sort of world there could not possibly be, the seeds out of which animals and plants arise and all the rest of the things we see." (Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus)
NASA announces "groundbreaking discovery" of life on Mars
NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the Red Planet.
www.earth.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"For nobody can prove that in one sort of world there might not be contained, whereas in another sort of world there could not possibly be, the seeds out of which animals and plants arise and all the rest of the things we see." (Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus)
"[O]ne cannot live pleasantly unless living practically, and properly, and peaceably; and that one cannot live practically, and properly, and peaceably, without living pleasantly; for the virtues coalesce with living pleasantly, and living pleasantly is inseparable from them." (Epicurus)
August 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"[O]ne cannot live pleasantly unless living practically, and properly, and peaceably; and that one cannot live practically, and properly, and peaceably, without living pleasantly; for the virtues coalesce with living pleasantly, and living pleasantly is inseparable from them." (Epicurus)
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Epicurean students, scholars, sympathizers, and enthusiasts, I have organized a list of all Herculaneum papyri fragments penned by Epicurean authors. I hope you find it to be useful. Do well and live earnestly.
Index of Herculaneum Fragments
FRAGMENTS1 OF DĒMḖTRIOS OF LAKONIÁ P.Herc. 124 (uncertain letter) P.Herc. 128 (uncertain letter) P.Herc. 188 (On Poems) P.Herc. 230 (On Poems) P.H…
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August 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Epicurean students, scholars, sympathizers, and enthusiasts, I have organized a list of all Herculaneum papyri fragments penned by Epicurean authors. I hope you find it to be useful. Do well and live earnestly.
“They cannot even enjoy a public spectacle because of their anger, or a bath or drinking party or a trip with any sort of people whatever or any of the things considered pleasurable, but in everything their irritations are mixed in because of a nod, a whisper, a laugh…” (Philodemus, Col. 25.15-35)
August 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“They cannot even enjoy a public spectacle because of their anger, or a bath or drinking party or a trip with any sort of people whatever or any of the things considered pleasurable, but in everything their irritations are mixed in because of a nod, a whisper, a laugh…” (Philodemus, Col. 25.15-35)
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August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The new merchandise looks great @fourthwall.com ! Thank you for hosting a platform that allows me to represent the Epicurean community at twentiers-shop.fourthwall.com. Cheers!
