Today added to the site is a new article on the "kinetic" and "katastematic" pleasure question.
Nearly every modern account of Epicurean ethics says that Epicurus divided pleasure into two kinds and ranked them: a quiet, static "katastematic" pleasure above the ordinary pleasures of the senses. In many of these accounts the word "pleasure" itself almost disappears.
Drawing on Cicero's own text, on Gosling and Taylor (1982) and on Nikolsky (2001), the article argues that this reading is wrong. Epicurus never taught two competing kinds of pleasure ranked one above the other. He taught one pleasure, described from different angles. The article closes by stating the editorial policy of EpicureanFriends.com on advocacy for the katastematic-supremacy view on the forum.
The article can be read at the link below or by opening the "Ethics Analysis" menu in the left navigation sidebar.