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Black Orpheus: Some Philosophical Musings
The following essay was inspired, in part, by Jean Paul Sartre’s essay titled “Black Orpheus”, which explores the Négritude movement from an existentialist perspective. The essay helped to inspire the 1959 film Orfeu Negro, as well as a more modern remake … Continue reading
Happy 20th! The Parables of the Hunter and the Isle of the Blessed
Happy Twentieth to Epicureans everywhere! Some literary updates: A new, English-language Friends of Epicurus Epitome is finally available (only on Kindle for now). Students of Epicurean philosophy in antiquity were known to carry epitomes to help them in their studies. … Continue reading
First Principle of Piety
The Seven Principles of Epicurean Piety are seven general guiding ideas that were distilled from the Reasonings on Philodemus’ scroll On Piety, which were published in Society of Epicurus. The Herculaneum scrolls are the writings that survived the eruption of Mount … Continue reading
Are we all existentialists?
“The tension between (is and ought) is felt much less clearly in real life than at the conceptual level at which most philosophers like to dwell. They feel that we can not reason ourselves from one level to the other, … Continue reading
La Gauche Nietzschéene
See Will to Power Reasonings I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII Shortly after the last US election, I published a blog on how the Left could reinvent itself in an age hostile to identity politics. This evaluation of Nietzschean … Continue reading
Nietzsche’s Will to Power: Overview
In the coming weeks The Autarkist will feature a series of essays evaluating aspects of the collections of notes taken by Nietzsche as his philosophy matured over the years, which were later compiled by his sister and published posthumously. Throughout … Continue reading
Epicureans Wanted for “My Life as an Epicurean” Program
Phil Pegum, Senior Producer at BBC Religion and Ethics, is putting together a series called “My Life as a …” about how ancient philosophical teachings can be applied to modern life. It’s presented by the comedian (and classics graduate) Andy Zaltzman. … Continue reading
“This Week in Epicurus” Newsletter
As some of you may know, the “Happy 20th” newsletter won’t be running any more and instead New Epicurean has updated the quality of their “This Week in Epicurus” newsletter. The last couple of entries have been of very good … Continue reading
The Closing Chapter of Histories
As some of my readers know, I’ve been reading The Good Book: A Humanist Bible for over a year now, and have written a few reviews of its books as well as a general review for Society of Epicurus. I … Continue reading
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Cosma Raimondi and Educational Videos
A piece on Cosma Raimondi, who wrote in 1429 a treatise in defense of Epicurus and of pleasure, and a page with educational videos from various sources, have been posted at Society of Epicurus.
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Tagged cosma, enlightenment, peripatetics, Philosophy, plato, raimondi, renaissance, stoics, videos
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