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Sale of Creeds: Pyrrho

Posted on September 3, 2020 by hiramcrespo

Since I’m writing a blog series on Pyrrhonism, I thought I’d share the Pyrrhonic portion of Lucian’s comedy “Sale of Creeds”, where each philosophy that was popular in antiquity is personified as a slave being sold in the market. The … Continue reading →

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Happy Twentieth! Lucian’s Aerial Expedition

Posted on June 20, 2018 by hiramcrespo

“We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf.” – Epicurus This month, the Guardian published The friend effect: … Continue reading →

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Lucian’s Lover of Lies

Posted on December 24, 2017 by hiramcrespo

Merry Christmas everyone! I recently had the pleasure of reading Lucian’s Lover of Lies, which is reputed to have inspired The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Like his other work True History, he starts off lamenting how people prefer lies to truth … and as … Continue reading →

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Happy Twentieth: THIS May Have Happened in the Great All

Posted on July 20, 2016 by hiramcrespo

Happy Twentieth to Epicureans everywhere. This month I will evaluate one curious feature of the doctrine of innumerable worlds: the way in which it seems to have inspired wonder for many generations, and even a storytelling tradition that served as … Continue reading →

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Charlie Hebdo and the Terror of Free Expression

Posted on January 7, 2015 by hiramcrespo

  I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by … Continue reading →

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