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Society of Epicurus

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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 · 10/10/2026

Epicureanism | Jonny Thomson www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_O4...

Epicureanism | Jonny Thomson

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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

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

Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Pleasure of Taoism #ethics #philosophy #dao #pleasure #happiness

The Pleasure of Taoism

YouTube video by Wes Cecil

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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

Epicureanism MOGS Stoicism

YouTube video by Pill Pod Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Latest Empedocles discovery sheds light on Lucretius

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

Christianity Taught You to Distrust Your Own Body

YouTube video by No Nonsense Spirituality | Britt Hartley

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

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!

Epicureanism: It's Not Just Hedonism!

YouTube video by Nothing New

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Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reposted by Society of Epicurus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 · 26/08/2026

Authoritarian bigoted religious people treating grown ups like children: Please stop.

Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Timeline of the Life of Epicurus twentiers.com/2026/08/25/t...

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...

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

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

Society of Epicurus @societyepicurus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Why Friendship Today Looks Nothing Like It Did for the Ancients

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/

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

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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