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Addition Of Classical Epicurean Philosophy Training Outline
Read full post →Today added to the site is a new Training Outline for Classical Epicurean Philosophy. This document is designed to be used either by new students or for submission to AI models to capture essential aspects of Classical Epicurean Philosophy.
The outline can be accessed at the link below or by opening up the "Other Resources" menu in the left navigation sidebar.
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Good And Bad Desires And Doubts In Epicurean Philosophy
Read full post →Good and Bad Desires and Doubts In Epicurean Philosophy
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Epicurus vs. Kantian Idealism
Read full post →Introductory Note
This post is intended to provide an introduction to the issues that exist between Epicurus and modern idealism. For ease of reference it also incorporates discussion of Nietzsche's analysis of Kant, which has substantial similarities to the viewpoint of Epicurus. Nietzsche was not an Epicurean. He had sharp criticisms of what he thought was Epicurus’ "retreat into the garden." In my view Nietzsche was wrong to consider this to be a "retreat." The more appropriate analogy would be that Epicurus erected a "fortress" where he could bring together his students and develop and teach a philosophy that rejected the dominant viewpoints of the day. Yet on at least two crucial issues Nietzshe clearly stood on the same side of history as Epicurus: both affirm the reality and value of sensory experience, and both mount vigorous objections to philosophies that treat an invisible, super-sensory realm as the true foundation of knowledge and morality.
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Regular Discussion of Additions To Outline Of Key Quotations
Read full post →We will be continuing to meet as usual on Wednesday nights, but we will be taking a temporary break in our weekly review of Usener's Epicurea. For the present we will continue splitting our time between (1) open discussion and (2) a focused topic.
The plan for the focused topic is to take an item from the "Quotation Outline" we've been setting up at EpicurusToday. Here are links to the material as it currently exists in both outline format and chart format.
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Comments On Sedley's "The Inferential Foundations Of Epicurean Ethics"
Read full post →There is great deal of good information in David Sedley's article on "The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics." Books need to be written on the implications of the points he raises, but for now I've collected some key citations to show what issues are covered.
The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics - Zoom Meeting Notes 2026_01_24
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Site Updates - Menu Reorganization and Post to EpicureanFriends.com
Read full post →The EpicurusToday page is now far enough along to post about at EpicureanFriends.com. There remain many broken links and half-written pages, but it should already be useful in its current state. Over time, EpicurusToday.com will become the main URL for host for the side-by-side editions of Diogenes Laertius, Lucretius, Torquatus, and Velleius:
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Version Two of EpicurusToday.com, With Topical Outline of Concepts, Goes Live On January 1, 2026.
Read full post →Today - January 1, 2026 - I am releasing the updated format of EpicurusToday.com.
The main function of this site will be to allow me to blog and collect key material in a much more fault-tolerant website format. EpicureanFriends.com is a great website, but it has a very sophisticated database-reliant backend, and in the event of a major server outage recovery would be difficult.
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2025 Site Updates
Read full post →As of December 9, 2025, there's much yet to do, but much has been updated already. As the site continues to be developed, please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions.
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2025 Updates
Read full post →As I write this in October of 2025 it's time for a major rewrite of this "gateway" site for the EpicureanFriends community.
There's much work to be done, but EpicurusToday.com will eventually become an important supplement to the community as a place for new participants to explore the basics of Epicurean philosophy and decide whether they would like to participate at EpicureanFriends.