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The Society of Friends of Epicurus is a community of modern students and practitioners of Epicurean philosophy. We meet monthly for Eikas in English and Spanish. Societyofepicurus.com

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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On affection and friendships
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Why You Need to Cultivate Friendship and Familial Affection
Translation Tuesday: Principal Doctrines 27 and 28
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Happy Halloween month! Image from twentiers.com
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Introducing Spiritual Naturalist Chaplains #humanism #atheism #philosophy
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Introducing Spiritual Naturalist Chaplains
by James Jarrett
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Pleasure of Taoism #ethics #philosophy #dao #pleasure #happiness
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The Pleasure of Taoism
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Epicurean Ally: Mr Money Mustache #finances #happiness #philosophy
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Epicurean Ally: Mr. Money Mustache
The financial independence guru is more helpful than most philosophers
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Epicureanism MOGS Stoicism
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Epicureanism MOGS Stoicism
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Latest Empedocles discovery sheds light on Lucretius
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Latest Empedocles discovery sheds light on Lucretius
New discoveries in the field of Greek literature
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Christianity Taught You to Distrust Your Own Body
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Christianity Taught You to Distrust Your Own Body
YouTube video by No Nonsense Spirituality | Britt Hartley
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lucretius, on the end of the world
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How to Face the End of the World: An Ancient Guide to Apocalyptic Times
An exclusive excerpt from Prof. Christopher Star and Princeton University Press
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On the Epicurean Classification of Desires #ethics #philosophy #happiness
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Some Vital Aphorisms on the Classification of Desires
Translation Tuesday: Principal Doctrines 26, 29, 30
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On Gastronomy - a five-essay series
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Happy Eikas! On Gastronomy | Society of Friends of Epicurus
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Kitchen and the Table of the Kepos
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The Kitchen and the Table of the Kepos
Second Essay On Gastronomy
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Epicureanism: It's Not Just Hedonism!
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Epicureanism: It's Not Just Hedonism!
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 17/09/2026
#ConstitutionDay fun fact: Our secular Constitution only mentions religion twice, and does not mention God once! 💭📜 Learn more about the founders' secular vision for America on FFRF's YouTube channel ➡️ ffrf.us/3SUQpiG #America250 #LightingTheWay
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Inviting all Pyrrhonists (Western Buddhists) to study Epicurus
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Inviting All Pyrrhonists
I think many Skeptics should convert to Epicureanism
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Athens Lost: Jesus and the Great Regression of the Western Mind
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Athens Lost: Jesus and the Great Regression of the Western Mind
Explore how Jesus replaced Socratic inquiry with apocalyptic resignation—and reshaped Western morality for the worse.
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Convergence 2026: Beyond What Is Spiritual Naturalism
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Convergence 2026: Beyond “What Is Spiritual Naturalism?”
Announcing Convergence, our November online conference. All are invited!
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Save the date: Nov 7-8
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Convergence 2026: An Online Conference for All Spiritual Naturalists
November 7–8 | Live on Zoom REGISTER NOW! The Spiritual Naturalist Society warmly invites you to Convergence, a free two-day online gathering dedicated to exploring the many ways people find meanin…
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The author misses the point that Hermarchus wrote 22 books on Empedocles so Lucretius may have drawn from those or via those works
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Latest Empedocles discovery sheds light on Lucretius
New discoveries in the field of Greek literature
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Autarchy Portion of Epicurus' Epistle to Menoeceus First Essay On Gastronomy
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The Autarchy Portion of Epicurus' Epistle to Menoeceus
First Essay On Gastronomy
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Why Pleasure Should be our Goal by Jack Gedney
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Why Pleasure Should Be Our Goal
John Stuart Mill is smarter than his critics
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Buddhist Pleasure Ethics
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Early Buddhist Hedonism
This is not a sales pitch
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Epicurean naturalism was, for the French ésprit, a means to elevate itself to universal consideration, that is, it was a way to ascent from the particular to the most general, overcoming every limit or boundary.” - Jean Marie Guyau, "Ethics of Epicurus", page 234
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“The French mind, predisposed to systematizing, classifying, deducing and universalizing, has found its natural satisfaction in the Epicurean ideas”. - Jean Marie Guyau, "Ethics of Epicurus", page 234
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
RIP New Orleans. The capital of American Voodoo will soon be a ghost city :-( #NOLA #climatechange
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‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors say
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Timeline of the Life of Epicurus twentiers.com/2026/08/25/t...
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Timeline of the Life of Epicurus – Twentiers
This page contains an infograph that documents the major events that punctuate the life of Epicurus, Sage of the Garden.
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The subject of our last Eikas gathering was an article discussing "On the good king according to Homer", based on Philodemus' writings www.academia.edu/104512832/So...
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Some Critical Themes in Philodemus’ On the Good King According to Homer
Some Critical Themes in Philodemus’ On the Good King According to Homer
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Seneca's Epistle 11: honoring the Sage--a theory and praxis of philosophical transmission
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Seneca's Epistle 11: On Honoring the Sage
A Theory and Praxis of Philosophical Transmission
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Founding Father Who Called the #Bible a Fraud
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The Founding Father Who Called the Bible a Fraud
YouTube video by MythVision Podcast
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The Odyssey and Zeus' Law: Some historical notes #movie #review
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The Odyssey and Zeus' Law
Some historical notes
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Gratitude, the Foremost Virtue of the Garden
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Gratitude, the Foremost Virtue of the Garden
Life is full with pleasures
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Why Friendship Today Looks Nothing Like It Did for the Ancients
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Why Friendship Today Looks Nothing Like It Did for the Ancients
YouTube video by Folks of Yore
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Classification of Desires, Part 2 How does it affect how we live?
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The Classification of Desires, Part 2
How does it affect how we live?
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Pleasure Scares People
Pleasure scares people.
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A global list of all the koinonias (Epicurean communities) twentiers.com/communities/
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ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΙ – Twentiers
This page contains a list of the contact information for each of the associated gardens, digital fellowships, and online resources
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“If the institutions that one believed to be just are recognized as harmful in reality, then they cease to be just, regardless of whether they have an ancient or recent origin." - Jean Marie Guyay, Ethics of Epicurus, page 128
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Classification of Desires, Part 1 Which pleasures should we pursue? www.untroubled.blog/p/classifica...
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The Classification of Desires, Part 1
Which pleasures should we pursue?
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Who is there who, on considering the matter with a clear head, will suppose that it makes the slightest difference, never mind a great one, whether it is above ground or below ground that one is unconscious? - On Death, Philodemus
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Happy Eikas! Philodemus' On Death: Epitome and Commentary
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Philodemus' On Death: Epitome and Commentary
The following essay is a summary and commentary of Philodemus of Gadara’s scroll On Death (ΠΕΡΙ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΥ). Selections from the Benjamin Henry translation are available from Twentiers.com.
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Moreover, there is an infinite number of worlds, some like this world, others unlike it ... - Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Odysseus and the Epicureans The Homeric hero from a philosophical perspective
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Odysseus and the Epicureans
The Homeric hero from a philosophical perspective, part III
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
On the Gods, by Philodemus of Gadara twentiers.com/on-gods/
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ΠEΡΙ ΘEΩΝ – Twentiers
This page contains English translations of books 1 and 3 of the theological treatise On Gods by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus.
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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Epicurean spiritual exercises
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Epicurean Spiritual Exercises
The illuminating work of Pierre Hadot
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